We are definitely on the same page regarding the likelihood of people giving up their comforts of their own accord, I am just an optimist first and a pragmatist

We are definitely on the same page regarding the likelihood of people giving up their comforts of their own accord, I am just an optimist first and a pragmatist second! In practice however, you may see carbon taxes change the way people consume international goods as prices on food would most certainly go up. Bananas in Australia are a good example, occasionally they fluctuate in price and you can see consumers aren't willing to wear the higer costs. Maybe it wouldn't be a disaster if Australians could only eat local fruits for example, I think it would ruffle the status quo but pretty quickly people would adapt. I feel like a carbon tax on shipping would level the playing field toward local microfarming as well, and I would love to see agrofarming become a part of big country landscapes. Both the US and Australia are characterized by a vast majority of land being a patchwork quilt of cleared fields. I would love to see that change in my life time.