Taxes are even less palatable than subsidies. A carbon tax is a great idea, but before you can implement it, you have to fight the people who hate taxes, the pe

Taxes are even less palatable than subsidies. A carbon tax is a great idea, but before you can implement it, you have to fight the people who hate taxes, the people who hate environmentalism, and the companies whose products you're now directly attacking. Subsidies for the alternative are a compromise solution meant to work around the unfeasibility of passing a carbon tax.