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The USA are not the world. Even if suddenly they managed to taxe all the carbon in their economy, and all imports coming into their countries, you cannot force
by BiteCode_dev 4y ago
The USA are not the world. Even if suddenly they managed to taxe all the carbon in their economy, and all imports coming into their countries, you cannot force the world to follow.
China, Russia and India exchange massively between them, with Europe, Africa, and internally. Those product would be cheaper, since no carbon tax, so no incentive.
It's a hard problem to solve.
If we get a big hydrogen market, the problem never needs to be solved.
- konschubert 4y agoThat's why you do carbon import taxes as well. Plus, Europe has a carbon tax already, so there is already a chance to set up a transatlantic cooperation.
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoBanking on all politicians in the USA and Europe to vote and maintain forever a carbon import tax is a big bet. And it won't affect exchanges of goods between Asia, Russia, South America and Africa, or internally in each country lika China or India. Internally use goods will not be taxed, and be cheap, so they will import less, use more internal good, and pollute more.
- sgift 4y ago> If we get a big hydrogen market, the problem never needs to be solved. And you force China, Russia and India into that big hydrogen market how exactly? I like hydrogen, but your argument is incoherent.