No. No. No.
Taxing energy means taxing EVERYTHING, and becomes a tax on productivity, making even green energy and resultant products more expensive. The net effect is SLOWING adoption of cleaner power while guaranteeing continued profits for big oil and carbon based energy companies.
By taxing carbon, we will only make energy more expensive for consumers, as big business will always pass the cost on. Instead, we should reward “good behaviour” and use consumer boycotts and social pressure to help reinforce the rewards.
Making gasoline more expensive through taxation comes directly out of the pockets of the consumers who can’t choose change…because they afford electric cars, for example. Instead, force change through social pressure and tax cuts for companies that embrace change and employ green energy…making green energy, and products made with it, cheaper than carbon fuels.
Assuming all else equal, why would I buy a gas powered car if electric cars were cheaper to own and operate? I wouldn’t.
Make doing the right thing the cheapest thing and you win…make everything more expensive, and change will just take longer, while energy companies reap record government guaranteed profits.
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