From a theoretical perspective, if one
thinks about carbon taxes or permit prices as «internalizing the externality» of the damage from greenhouse gases, compensating those harmed by the externality is a logical use of any such funds, at whatever level they are applied.
Not exact matches
«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.
I disagree with your opinion
about carbon tax — I
think a revenue neutral
carbon tax can help, although I don't
think it's a panacea.
Whatever the AEI folks
thought the event was
about, the agenda clearly outlines a strategy meeting to develop the PR / legislative campaign to promote and enact
carbon taxes.
Other than simply saying that he disagrees with his Oxford colleague, Dieter Helm,
about carbon taxes, Allen doesn't provide much backup for the economic
thinking behind his proposal.
That the United Nations, most governments of the world, and all those involved in
carbon trading schemes are salivating at the
thought of
taxing the snot out of all of us, redistributing wealth from rich to poor countries, making billions on
carbon trading schemes, and having a one - world order fired up where we'll all do the United Nations bidding just makes me more suspicious
about sending up one - armed satellites.
That's what two men named David
thought, too, when they first met in 2008 to talk
about a climate policy with very little support: a national
tax on industrial
carbon dioxide emissions.
If you care
about your kids, you probably need to
think this out, and then go and make your voice heard on the right solution (either buy a Hummer, or get involved in efforts to get the right solution (
carbon taxes,
carbon trading, whatever) to happen.
Why is it that everything he writes
about «climate change» and «
carbon taxes» automatically make me
think of Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch.