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Who gets to decide what the carbon footprint of every activity is? How is the surveillance of every activity performed? What is the performance metric to evalua
by JacobThreeThree 4y ago
Who gets to decide what the carbon footprint of every activity is? How is the surveillance of every activity performed? What is the performance metric to evaluate the success or failure of the system?
- ajross 4y agoThe third question has an obvious answer, so I'm not sure I get your point. The first two are just saying "regulation is hard", and I agree. But it's possible nonetheless, just like every other regulated industry. Recognize that all your questions could have been asked about, say, sulphate emission regulation in the 1970's. (Or CFC's in the 90's). And that worked out OK.
- samatman 4y agoA tax on carbon is much simpler than a tax on carbon footprint. Corporations buy carbon, to a good first approximation, as coal, gas, or crude. That's what you tax. Plus a tarrif on countries which don't do likewise.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoImagine being a politician and proposing taxes on energy and fuels which will directly and indirectly increase the price of literally everything. Imagine all the hate currently being directed at Russia being redirected towards you personally.
- imtringued 4y agoThat is why the tax revenue should be redistributed per head and why we need a carbon dividend.
- DeRock 4y agoYou can just make the tax revenue neutral, and give each person an equal dividend. That way the average person would actually get money back from this tax scheme. It’s what Canada does. The goal isn’t to raise money, it’s to incentivize consuming lower carbon goods.
- cschwarm 4y agoPopularity doesn't determine whether an answer is correct or not.
- relix 4y agoThat hasn't been a blocker in the past (see: all the other taxes that exist), why would it need to be going forward.