I don't disagree with you. Suddenly creating a big tax causes a lot of strife, but setting a tax that is too low doesn't create enough of a change in emissions

I don't disagree with you. Suddenly creating a big tax causes a lot of strife, but setting a tax that is too low doesn't create enough of a change in emissions. But I think there is a solution here: implement a tax that starts low and continuously increases. Is doesn't hurt at first, but if everyone knows the tax will keep going up, that creates a strong incentive to alter your choices even before it gets high. It also gives people time to adjust gradually where necessary-some changes that would be really painful to make in a month could be completely painless if you're given 4 years. There's a bill in the US that a lot of people are pushing for that would work like I've described: https://energyinnovationact.org/ https://energyinnovationact.org/