Sentences with phrase «than the carbon tax»

Using the force of law to force very small families is a big step and looks even harder than carbon taxes.

I tend to wonder / worry about Steve's good point (# 22), i.e., whether a preference for cap - and - trade, rather than a carbon tax, is driven mainly by those who want to make a profit from the trading?

His little send - energy - executives - to - jail stunt got him far more media attention than his remarks otherwise warranted; the latter a cause that is probably more dear to him than the carbon taxes he advocates.

And / or, another aspect of the preference for cap - and - trade, rather than a carbon tax, may be related to the fact that it sounds like something that will not be reflected in prices, which isn't correct.

The debate over biofuels and economics has tended to focus on mandates and subsidies rather than carbon taxes — unsurprisingly, given the absence of carbon - taxing in the U.S. and the prevalence of large biofuel subsidies, primarily via the Renewable Fuel Standard.

While not as impactful, it does start at a higher price than the carbon tax's listed above making it an interesting complement to one of these true carbon taxes.

Mandates and subsidies for fossil - fuel intensive biofuels such as corn - derived ethanol are so large that eliminating or reducing them would almost certainly do more than a carbon tax to curb these fuels» artificial price advantage.

There is, anyway, no certainty that an emissions - cap policy would have more political appeal than a carbon tax.

Is there research to suggest that policies similar to your fee - bate and R&D approach would be as efficient or more efficient than a carbon tax with the revenue reducing other distortionary taxes?

Indeed, taxes on capital (top blue line) are so distortionary that the RFF model found them even more harmful than the carbon tax.

I don't understand why an emissions trading scheme would be better than a logically applied carbob tax or why it would be more flexible and more useful than a carbon tax regime combined with other targeted measures.

It is not evidence based any more than carbon tax, fuel tax, ETS, «fee and dividend», etc. are evidence based.

Although this and some other pronouncements by Mankiw concern gasoline taxes rather than carbon taxes, they could be considered bold by a close adviser to the Romney for President campaign.

He acknowledged that a cap - and - trade system is politically more feasible, but argued that it obscures costs and is less effective than a carbon tax.

How can we convey the notion that while some sing the praises of cap - and - trade because it's somehow more market - based than carbon tax, the latter is also solidly market - based in that it is designed directly to correct a market failure and enable that beloved sacred marketplace to function more efficiently?

Probably more important than a carbon tax on liquid fuels would be a tax on coal.

Further, the LCFS is less efficient than a carbon tax, but when combined with a price ceiling, the policy approaches the efficiency of a carbon tax as the LCFS policy become more stringent.

Not exact matches

A carbon tax is no more a sales tax than income taxes are, writes University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe

No jurisdiction in the country needs to contemplate the need for carbon taxes more urgently than Alberta.

Grannies from Grand Rapids and cowboys from Colorado might vote for Delta Air Lines to provide more legroom, Exxon to assume a higher carbon price when it drills for oil, IBM to move some jobs from Delhi to Detroit and Apple to pay a higher tax rate than its current 18 %.

(b) the Vancouver exurbs are places like Chilliwack that don't have a 6c / litre transit tax at the pump, which makes fuel there cheaper than in the metro area, and this discount kind of offsets the carbon tax.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

This makes it clearer than ever that any system of carbon pricing, whether based on taxes, caps or some combination of the two, can only be one part of a comprehensive set of policies to achieve climate change goals.

Opinion: Wynne is wrong when she claims the Conservative carbon tax plan will cost families more than cap and trade and do less to cut emissions

In a little less than two weeks, the NDP's carbon tax will take effect.

Many also spend carbon tax revenue, rather than recycling it through offsetting tax cuts elsewhere.

If the NDP government is serious in their promise to meet the target, they will have to rely on more expensive regulatory policies to make up for the less stringent than recommended carbon tax.

The carbon tax has remained at $ 30 / t since 2012 and the previous Liberal government showed no inclination to increase it further other than to match the federal carbon price floor in 2021.

They are not governments - that kind of deal - making comes in December (or rather in the glacial negotiating sessions throughout this year), so I see no problem with them having earnest conversations deep into the night about the relative merits of carbon taxes over cap and trade, or any other issue, that have no substantive outcome other than to generate more research proposals, newspaper column inches and comments in well - meaning blogs.

David Bookbinder, chief counsel at the Niskanen Center, a libertarian advocacy group that supports taxing carbon, said he expects the cases to proceed faster than those submitted in July by other California municipalities.

Some, including New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, have suggested that a national carbon tax — an extra cost per amount of fossil fuel burned — would be simpler and more effective than any cap - and - trade system.

Peter Ryan's letter makes a good argument for taxing carbon emissions on the consumption rather than production of goods (22/29...

They would also do something to help Australia meet its target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions, as most would have more impact than the small carbon tax which has been proposed.

Some economists believe a simple tax on greenhouse gas emissions makes more sense than the elaborate cap - and - trade regime for carbon dioxide envisioned by Evolution and other players in the nascent market.

Taking each factor independently, the team found that CCS only achieves the necessary deployment under one of the following conditions: the price of oil is greater than $ 85 / barrel; the carbon tax incentives increase dramatically to above $ 75 per tonne of carbon dioxide by 2050; or learning rates for technology deployment are sustained at a high rate, with 14 % cost reduction for every doubling of deployment.

More than a dozen delegates support stronger actions, like a carbon tax.

Fertilizer and distributed power from fuel cells would satisfy important demands in both of those countries, so the economic model of PurGen could make sense there, too — again, assuming that local tax laws recognize the benefits of burying carbon rather than spewing it into the atmosphere.

He drew the line at trading the Clean Power Plan, President Obama's regulatory program aimed at power plants, for a federal carbon tax, saying more than one program is needed to cut emissions.

Any serious attempt to tax or cap carbon emissions would make PurGen's hydrogen much more attractive to the chemical industry than the conventional sort.

A predictable carbon tax would be much more effective than the cumbersome and nontransparent cap - and - trade system and might win broader assent as part of a package of deficit reduction.

«The consequences of not [acting] are even higher with these results than they were before, when we could think about 1.5 degrees as being in the realm of possibility — which I think, realistically, it's not,» he said, urging more investments in research, a tax on carbon and other established paths to emissions reductions.

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The new carbon tax will cost households making more than $ 100,000 a year an estimated $ 338 annually.

Short - term gains, e.g. more trips to the mall or Wal - Mart to load up on giant - screen TVs, iPhones, etc. are much easier to sell to folks than higher carbon taxes, more conservative uses of energy, etc..

If local solar is indeed cheaper than fossil fuels, there is no need for carbon taxes to make fossil fuels more expensive — market forces will ensure the switch all by themselves.

Bradley McKinley: «If local solar is indeed cheaper than fossil fuels, there is no need for carbon taxes to make fossil fuels more expensive — market forces will ensure the switch all by themselves.»

Now that diesel fuel is unusually expensive (hit much harder than gasoline, in % terms since 2002, in either Europe or the US), roads near markets are more crowded, and (hopefully, IMHO) a carbon tax is near, the competitive advantages that are opened by cheap transportation will sour in some cases, but continue in others.

Emphasizing the high end does indeed mean we should reduce emissions a little more (a carbon tax that is $ 22 / ton CO2 rather than just $ 4).

A steadily escalating carbon tax, perhaps $ 20 / tonne in FY11 escalating at $ 10 / tonne / year to $ 150 / tonne [in 2010 dollars], would provide a long term environment for private investment and be clearer to all participants than a cap - and - trade system with auctioned rights.