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For the Conservative crowd, we need to characterize renewable energy as energy independence.
by robbiemitchell 9y ago
For the Conservative crowd, we need to characterize renewable energy as energy independence.
- bhickey 9y agoAnd carbon taxes as reducing regulation.
- alphapapa 9y agoHow are you going to spin that?
- losteric 9y agoIt's a strategic regulation that replaces multiple tactical regulations. Therefore, carbon tax leads to fewer regulations.
- alphapapa 9y agoWhich regulations does it replace?
- omegaworks 9y agoCap and trade, in California, at least. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2017/03/02/california-lurches-for-a-carbon-tax-after-consecutive-greenhouse-gas-auction-failures/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2017/03/02/californ...
- losteric 9y agoDepending on how far it's taken, the carbon tax could replace every other regulation of carbon-based green house gas emissions. However, our contemporary Republican part uses "anti-regulations" as code for "anti-government, anti-law enforcement", so I doubt carbon tax will get any play.
- IanCal 9y agoCarbon taxes are also cutting subsidies. Given the external costs, big users are being subsidised by everyone else.
- Turing_Machine 9y agoAlso, war is peace, ignorance is strength, and freedom is slavery. Good luck with that.