I agree with you, but the reality of Norwegian politics is that people react better to all-out bans than taxes, because bans are perceived as affecting all peop

I agree with you, but the reality of Norwegian politics is that people react better to all-out bans than taxes, because bans are perceived as affecting all people equally, no matter their income. Taxes are perceived as affecting people with little income more. I’m very much a fan of taxing all carbon equally, but whenever I discuss the idea with other Norwegians, this reaction seems almost instinctive. In my opinion, there are better, more direct ways to redistribute income if you think that some people have less than they are entitled to (e.g. progressive taxation), but no one seems to convinced by this.