Right, and more to the point the point of a carbon tax is to incentive the private sector to decarbonize which will require capital investments in clean tech. T

Right, and more to the point the point of a carbon tax is to incentive the private sector to decarbonize which will require capital investments in clean tech. The problem isn't going to be solved by everyone reducing their carbon footprint by 10%. Everyone has to reduce their carbon footprint to zero and then we most likely still need to be pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere.