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 Stories About: carbon tax AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND energy AND oil
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Against a gas tax
It's not the same as a carbon tax, and it's not cool |
David Roberts |
31 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I've noticed that lots of people talk about a carbon tax and a gas tax as if they're interchangeable, or the same thing, or connected parts of some larger package. That's bad. Please stop it. A carbon tax is just that: a tax on carbon content. It could take numerous forms, but it's generally agreed that the best would be to tax as far "upstream" as possible -- as close as possible to the sources of carbon-heavy fuels -- so as to minimize the number of taxe ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, oil (all these topics) |
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