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That creates some disincentives towards efficiency, and operation of equipment is often a much larger carbon source than initial manufacture. I think in practi
by jaggederest 8y ago
That creates some disincentives towards efficiency, and operation of equipment is often a much larger carbon source than initial manufacture.
I think in practice it would work like a VAT, which is well understood and creates a reasonably level playing field.
- Gibbon1 8y agoWhat I mean is instead of slapping a carbon tax on gasoline you slap it on the car. So if a car is slated to emit 60 tons of CO2 during it's expected life you compute a excise tax based on 60 tons.
- jaggederest 8y agoRight, but that's too broad. Some people will drive a car for a million miles, some people will drive it for ten thousand. It's better to tax the embodied carbon of manufacture and delivery of the car separately from the carbon emitted by the fuel, for example. Fuels, in particular, are easy to determine the carbon weight - just add it up!
- Gibbon1 8y agoThe problem with imposing a tax on fuel is your punish people for decisions they made before you changed the policy tax regime. Where taxing new equipment doesn't. The former tends to result in a lot of political blowback.