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You didn't address the problem of Nigeria that the OP brought up. How will a carbon tax in the U.S. address the issue of the Nigerian people rightly desiring a
by snikeris 7y ago
You didn't address the problem of Nigeria that the OP brought up. How will a carbon tax in the U.S. address the issue of the Nigerian people rightly desiring a better standard of living?
- jeremyjh 7y agoWhat if OPEC collects the tax worldwide?
- PeterisP 7y agoAnd what if? If the tax is small enough to be affordable by these Nigerians, it won't have the required effect on climate. If the tax is large enough to prevent 400m Nigerians from obtaining a better standard of living that they rightly desire, then they won't agree to it - and there's no way to force them to comply (not that it would be right to force them IMHO) other than a bloody war. Billions of people in developing countries have justifiable, understandable, fair interests in a reasonable standard of living, achieving which unavoidably (at least in short term) involves increasing emissions, not decreasing them.
- adrianN 7y agoIf Nigeria wants to trade with US they'd have to pay carbon tariffs that encourage them to decarbonize their economy.