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Carbon Tax?

   Taxes are primarily for raising revenue. There will always be some who are leary of any new taxes, so this is a political non-starter. What is needed - and this is not just semantics - is a carbon fee. The purpose of this fee is to account for the externalities not accounted for in the current way our markets are constructed. These include global warming, lost opportunity costs to future generations by exploiting a finite natural resource, and other stuff like wars.
     This is to be coupled with a dividend - compensating the populace on a per-capita basis. Call it the Zen Dividend - if you do nothing, you get a windfall. If you institute this, it will be harder to dislodge from the American system of governance than Social Security. In fact, it could probably replace it.
   This solution would answer the question about individual action vs. public policy, because it would stimulate both individual action, and have people clammoring for public investment in a sustainable infastructure.
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