Also, taxes don't have to be compulsory. Rand addresses several alternatives to compulsory taxation for funding the State in one of her essays. The three main

Also, taxes don't have to be compulsory. Rand addresses several alternatives to compulsory taxation for funding the State in one of her essays. The three main problems with carbon taxes are: * they're compulsory (and therefore theft) * they're guaranteed to be the wrong amount, as attempts to calculate externalities are subject to the socialist calculation problem * they are usually motivated by a desire to control people's behaviour (see the point about driving above)