ALDY: So the basic idea of a carbon tax is to say that all of the sources of carbon dioxide ¬ — the most important greenhouse gas — would actually have to bear the cost that they have on the global environment. (loe.org)
«My idea of a carbon tax would be to help fund clean fossil fuel research and development, not to fund the government, not to punish fossil fuel generation, not to manipulate fuel choice,» Cramer said. (scientificamerican.com)
Personally I think the idea of a carbon tax tends to focus too much on a single source of pollution rather than the broad range of environmental toxins that are polluting our environment. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)