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A carbon tax would change behavior in short order. The challenge is introducing then maintaining it; people can always vote it out. I think left-leaning jurisdi
by esafak 5mo ago
A carbon tax would change behavior in short order. The challenge is introducing then maintaining it; people can always vote it out. I think left-leaning jurisdictions should definitely give it a try.
- baq 5mo agothe challenge in carbon tax isn't the people who vote it out, it's the people who never vote it in in the country next door (or on the other side of the world, it hardly matters)
- esafak 5mo agoThat's not a challenge; passing it in one place gives people in others an example to point to. Nobody wants to tax themselves while others don't.
- drc500free 5mo agoCarbon taxes are massively regressive. There is no political coalition that simultaneously wants to act against climate change and doesn’t mind driving further income inequality.
- amanaplanacanal 5mo agoSo you balance it with tax credits or handouts to the poor. This isn't an insoluble problem.
- intended 5mo agoYou can’t have it both ways. You can’t have one comment talk about consumption being the root of all ill, then another comment stating that reducing consumption is regressive.
- drc500free 5mo agoI’ve only made one comment here.