> Instead of advocating for R&D and cheaper alternatives that improve people's quality of life, they can't help themselves but bring out the club of eco-masochi

> Instead of advocating for R&D and cheaper alternatives that improve people's quality of life, they can't help themselves but bring out the club of eco-masochism paired with tax-sadism. Increasing R&D and cheaper mean of producing green is the main goal of carbon tax. That’s probably the most effective way to do it and is market neutral. I fail to see what any of it has to do with the progressive movements. With a carbon tax, researching greener way of producing goods has a direct impact on the final price of said goods. That’s make this research a competitive advantage. Without a carbon tax, the sole reason to do R&D focusing on emission is if you are going to get fined by crossing a line. That means that as soon as you are under the threshold doing research is a waste of money.