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When you propose a "green credit" instead of a "carbon tax", what do you mean? Is it just a different name for the same thing, or would it work differently? If
by mcherm 6y ago
When you propose a "green credit" instead of a "carbon tax", what do you mean? Is it just a different name for the same thing, or would it work differently? If it would work differently, then HOW? I'm assuming that a carbon tax would put a fixed tax per weight of C02 released charged either to the end-user or somewhere higher in the value chain (eg: a gas tax).
- devmunchies 6y agoit's a subsidy vs a tax.
- eru 6y agoThat sounds pretty bad. I'd want to put driving-less on similar footing to buying a fancier car. A carbon tax does that automatically with no extra bureaucracy. (I'm all for taking the proceeds of a carbon tax and distributing them equally amongst all voters, if you want to make the whole thing revenue neutral for both the government and the 'average' consumer.)