The average voter barely knows how their own income tax works, let alone a carbon tax. Voter perception is shaped by marketing, and large energy companies lobb

The average voter barely knows how their own income tax works, let alone a carbon tax. Voter perception is shaped by marketing, and large energy companies lobbied hard, very hard, to shape public opinion about global warming, to include, famously, hiring Oglivy to launch a campaign about individual responsibility instead of the systemic, constant push by industry. Example: https://clear.ucdavis.edu/blog/big-oil-distracts-their-carbon-footprint-tricking-you-focus-yours https://clear.ucdavis.edu/blog/big-oil-distracts-their-carbo... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/big-oil-coined-carbon-footprints-to-blame-us-for-their-greed-keep-them-on-the-hook https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/big-oi...