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If you emit a ton of carbon you should be taxed however much it costs to take it out of the atmosphere. If you can find someone to do it cheaper then the gover
by frankbreetz 6y ago
If you emit a ton of carbon you should be taxed however much it costs to take it out of the atmosphere.
If you can find someone to do it cheaper then the government you can buy a credit.
If a country refuses to participate put a tariff on all their emissions (not just the traded ones). It seems most large countries might agree.
This is would allow that markets to fix everything. It is worrying that such a simple solution has not been seriously tried.
- nemo44x 6y agoAt which point do you tax? The raw materials/commodities, the parts, the final product?
- frankbreetz 6y agoWhere ever the emission is produced and the cost would be pasted on to the consumer. This causes incentives to emit less. Oil and gas companies would pay the loins share of these taxes, gas would go up in price.
- etrautmann 6y ago“Loins share” might be inadvertently profound