Firstly, I am no scientist. I am no economist. I believe the majority of climate scientists agree in anthropogenic climate change. This is purely my take on the rectification of climate change.
My problem with the carbon tax (apart from the lie / not a lie argument) is that I don't see how this type of tax will reduce carbon emissions or have any effect on climate change. To place a tax on how much carbon is released in the air has no bearing on the amount of carbon being released. It simply charges an amount of money. There is no cap on emissions.
Surely, there needs to be a cap on the amount of emissions released and a way of forcing polluters to control and reduce the amount of emissions they produce. Wasn't this the idea of the ETS?
I haven’t seen any any better way of reducing emissions than an ETS. We really need a sensible debate in the open air without politics coming into it. But I think that is a fanciful idea!
Please give me your feedback on this debate and tell me if I have it way off on the carbon tax.
I think it's a stupid tax.
ReplyDeleteI don't really have any idea how to fix the problem but I do know if a company makes X dollars profit and they are set to lose some of this, they won't just downgrade their profit forecast they'll just charge the consumer more.
So we end up paying more for something that won't even fix the frigging problem in the first place. And I have no faith in any supposed subsidies from the government. No way will that really compensate me for what I lose.
I seem to have the same problem with it. They appear to be driving this tax on the basis that companies will reform their polluting ways and come up with cleaner production methods in order to offset costs. I just don't see it. Wouldn't companies want to do this already? To make larger profits.
ReplyDeleteAnd I will look at your blog more closely.