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There is a lot of funding available for replacing those - one of the largest chunks of cash provided by eu do far.
by c2h5oh 7y ago
There is a lot of funding available for replacing those - one of the largest chunks of cash provided by eu do far.
- gambiting 7y agoSure, but there's still a lot of people who don't want to, simply because coal is cheaper than both eco-pellets and gas. My grandparents only changed theirs from coal to gas last year, and only because grandpa was getting too old to go and add coal to the boiler every few hours - but they've been complaining about the fortune that the gas is costing them ever since.
- adrianN 7y agoA carbon tax would fix that.
- gambiting 7y agoAnd one won't be implemented for the same reason why coal boilers haven't been banned yet - "think of the poor people - if they cannot afford their coal for winter how will they stay warm?".
- adrianN 7y agoAny serious carbon tax scheme proposed is income neutral; a tax-and-dividend system.
- gambiting 7y agoCan you explain how it would work in this case please?
- godtoldmetodoit 7y agoYou tax carbon at say, $40 a ton. You then distribute any revenue from the tax as a dividend to every adult in the country. It results in a net increase in purchasing power for your most vulnerable citizens.