Re:Silicon Valley's housing crisis, in one sentence
by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @05:15PM
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> Urban sprawl is a threat to the environment, we talk about charging a tax on Carbon, what about on Urban Sprawl?
A carbon tax (as long as cars use energy derived from sources covered by a carbon tax, whether that's fossil fuels directly or electricity produced in some share by burning fossil fuels) is a tax on urban sprawl, since urban sprawl forces longer trips and less-fuel-efficient transportation.
A carbon tax (as long as cars use energy derived from sources covered by a carbon tax, whether that's fossil fuels directly or electricity produced in some share by burning fossil fuels) is a tax on urban sprawl, since urban sprawl forces longer trips and less-fuel-efficient transportation.