[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ok, but if you don't want to impose a constant rate, what does that
> figure of $25-30 per tonne of carbon dioxide then apply to?
I would expect that $25-30 per tonne of CO2 could apply pretty much
across the board (but not instead of the existing taxes on petrol). You
suggested $100 per tonne of carbon which is a rather different
proposition entirely!
> Suppose, for coal, an equivalent subsidy was considered for its energy
> independence and social benefits (saving the jobs of miners in areas of
> Germany the Social Democrats hold very dear), isn't it much easier to
> just have no tax and no subsidy?
If some people/govts decide that energy independence (say, via local
coal) is more important than worrying abot CO2 emissions, that's up to
them. The "no brainer" was that if people want to reduce emissions, a
tax on them would surely push the market towards reductions (implicitly:
as an alternative to such ideas as emissions caps, regulations on
efficiency, govt-controlled investment in alternative energy in the hope
that some magic solution turns up...whatever other schemes there are
floating around).
> I am left a little bit confused as to what you are actually proposing
> that is different from what is in fact widely done.
What's (potentially) different is introducing a "polluter pays" penalty
for CO2. What is already widely done is by definition the status quo, so
hoping that it will result in emissions reduction seems like wishful
thinking.
James
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