> Instead, they could tax gasoline at $1/gallon (and do similar things for other greenhouse gas sources, such as coal, meat and concrete), and use the resulting

> Instead, they could tax gasoline at $1/gallon (and do similar things for other greenhouse gas sources, such as coal, meat and concrete), and use the resulting funds for carbon capture. But you know there's only one political party in america willing to spend money to help preserve the environment. And there's another party in america that actively works against any environmental policy for purely culture-war reasons. And if party A raises the price of gasoline, then party A gets immediately voted out and party B will find a way to push even harder in the opposite direction. We need a way to offset carbon that is politics-neutral. And I'm afraid gasoline prices are front-and-center as a political arena these days.