The price of the oil drums costs more than the price of oil per drum, although they are reused. A tax on oil will certainly be passed on to the consumer. If the

The price of the oil drums costs more than the price of oil per drum, although they are reused. A tax on oil will certainly be passed on to the consumer. If the end game is to discourage oil use, not to keep the planet clean, it still will not work. Look at the high price of tobacco even in the face of the risk to health issues. People will continue to use oil in the same quantities unless the price goes up by an order of magnitude. The government wins both ways: higher tax revenue, or they can claim they saved the planet.