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Revenue neutral carbon taxes are the most pro-market, libertarian friendly answer thus far to the reality of climate change. They're pushed by progressive polit
by millstone 7y ago
Revenue neutral carbon taxes are the most pro-market, libertarian friendly answer thus far to the reality of climate change. They're pushed by progressive politicians only because of the factual urgency of climate change. The USA can limp along with shitty healthcare forever, but irreversible climate damage is irreversible, and we don't have time for the partisan bullshit.
The high order bit is the complete disengagement from the American right on this issue. The carbon-tax-with-dividend is meant to be table stakes. The onus is on the other side to show up to the table at all.
- briandear 7y agoIt’s partisan bullshit when you don’t agree with the opposition. However, I prefer to say it’s “principled opposition.” We on the right don’t accept the premise that the sky is falling. We’ve been told by politicians that the earth has 12 years left if we “don’t act now!” However, we heard that 12 years ago. And 12 years before that. We are constantly being warned that we must act now. Just about 12 years ago Al Gore’s movie said that we would be suffering a massive catastrophe by now. Interestingly, his film used approximately 12 years as the timeline for how long Earth had before catastrophe struck. This whole movement is starting to seem like a religion, except heretics are no longer burned at the stake, lest an unnecessary amount of carbon be released.