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If you're an American and you're interested in supporting a carbon tax, check out the Citizen's Climate Lobby: http://citizensclimatelobby.org/ http://citizensc
by castratikron 10y ago
If you're an American and you're interested in supporting a carbon tax, check out the Citizen's Climate Lobby: http://citizensclimatelobby.org/ http://citizensclimatelobby.org/
What they're trying to implement is a revenue-neutral fee on carbon emissions: a fee is collected on fossil fuels at the source (the well, the mine, whatever), and the money from the fee is placed in a fund. At the end of the year, the money is then redistributed to every citizen. About 2/3 of citizens would net positive on this fee.
- ryanwaggoner 10y agoSo 2/3rds of citizens are incentivized with hard currency every year to want MORE carbon emissions?
- castratikron 10y agoThe fee is aimed at and energy producers and investors. The fee would increase steadily every year, which would signal them to divest from fossil fuels. The dividend part of the plan is put in mainly to make Republicans happy, since no Republican is ever going to support a new tax (Al Gore couldn't even increase the gas tax by 5 cents).