RE: Evolution and Christianity and Salvation
March 13, 2019 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2019 at 1:01 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
As you mentioned, all costs are pushed downhill. That's not a variable, at least not in the in the absence of price controls. Implementing something upstream will do the same thing. I do know the stats, and you could too if you looked them up - which you probably should.
Sweden is the current darling of the carbon taxation model. There are others, you can certainly find them on your own, and we've been comparing the successes -and- the failures. The short version of a long story is that carbon taxes, in and of themselves, do work and don't crash economies. Those are fossil fuel industry canards meant to build public opposition. Insomuch as they might make product x more expensive..well, yeah, that's the point. If we're worried that this would then harm the poor, the answer to that is to earmark a portion of those revenues to offset the cost specifically for the most vulnerable consumers. Similarly, we have to account for labor displacement.
To use a simplified example that's even more aggressive than carbon taxation..if we wanted to aggressively tax gas vehicles out of existence, then we would have to put some of that revenue towards public transportation and the retraining of automotive workers, and all of this would have to be communicated to the public so transparently and so well that they then had confidence in the plan. We know by reference to successful -and- failed attempts that these are the criteria.
Sweden is the current darling of the carbon taxation model. There are others, you can certainly find them on your own, and we've been comparing the successes -and- the failures. The short version of a long story is that carbon taxes, in and of themselves, do work and don't crash economies. Those are fossil fuel industry canards meant to build public opposition. Insomuch as they might make product x more expensive..well, yeah, that's the point. If we're worried that this would then harm the poor, the answer to that is to earmark a portion of those revenues to offset the cost specifically for the most vulnerable consumers. Similarly, we have to account for labor displacement.
To use a simplified example that's even more aggressive than carbon taxation..if we wanted to aggressively tax gas vehicles out of existence, then we would have to put some of that revenue towards public transportation and the retraining of automotive workers, and all of this would have to be communicated to the public so transparently and so well that they then had confidence in the plan. We know by reference to successful -and- failed attempts that these are the criteria.
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