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If it cost me 10x to fill my 500 gallon propane tank, well it's back to burning wood/cutting down trees for me.

• bryanlarsen 7y ago
  If you're not being stupid about it, you're cutting down mature trees and not trampling the volunteer seedlings. Mature trees (especially coniferous trees) are fairly carbon neutral because they suppress undergrowth. Seedlings capture tons of carbon. So the tax would incentivize emitting much less net carbon. That's the point.
  • aphextim 7y ago
    >If you're not being stupid about it, you're cutting down mature trees and not trampling the volunteer seedlings. Most of the time I can drive around my family's property and find many trees that have already fallen and are down without having to even cut mature trees. It's just the extra work that goes into it rather than calling up the gas company for a refill. I am lucky and my great grandpa/family has been passing the farm/land down through the generations and now it's a 'family' farm with about 1500 acres, and about 2/3 of that is forest with trails. Worst case scenario I contract out some kids/young adults in the area to cut/haul/stack my wood if I am short on time and unable to get enough for the winter myself. Lots of Maple trees in Upper Michigan :D
    • bryanlarsen 7y ago
      Even better. Deadfall will rot, releasing its carbon anyways.
  • OJFord 7y ago
    Yes but if you burn them....
    • bryanlarsen 7y ago
      The comparison is to burning natural gas.
  • hackeraccount 7y ago
    CO2 is not the only type of pollution. Particulate is a lot worse in most ways. And it's also a lot more noticeable. Heck it's probably even as bad or worse for the climate.