Feeling guilty every time we can’t be perfect environmentalists isn’t sustainable. For a safer climate, we don't need to get every action right, but we do need to understand the greater scope of the crisis.
If you can find a politically acceptable policy that makes money for raises to everyone suddenly appear, lots of people would be very interested in that.
You cannot demand that we stop using cheap processes and then simultaneously be surprised that the alternatives are less cheap, but for the final time - and I’m afraid I’ll be checking out here - revenue can be used to subsidize those alternatives and make them more affordable.
So, just so I completely understand the carbon tax: cheap, high carbon goods made in poor countries will be taxed at the point of sale in rich countries to subsidize production of expensive, comparatively low carbon goods made in those rich countries.
Okay no one gets a raise to pay for this stuff, loud and clear.
Is the carbon tax money at least going to go to the places with the extractive and intensive industries the carbon comes from?
If you can find a politically acceptable policy that makes money for raises to everyone suddenly appear, lots of people would be very interested in that.
You cannot demand that we stop using cheap processes and then simultaneously be surprised that the alternatives are less cheap, but for the final time - and I’m afraid I’ll be checking out here - revenue can be used to subsidize those alternatives and make them more affordable.
Cheers.
I haven’t demanded anything.
So, just so I completely understand the carbon tax: cheap, high carbon goods made in poor countries will be taxed at the point of sale in rich countries to subsidize production of expensive, comparatively low carbon goods made in those rich countries.