A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is pushing it

Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by robertcope on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:06AM (#12382315)

27 cents a gallon is quite a lot.

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by astrodust on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:51AM (#12382715)

No it isn't. US gas prices are comically low compared to virtually every other country on the planet. The exceptions are countries with stupidly low gas prices like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. If this tax was applied it wouldn't push America into European levels of pricing. It wouldn't even nudge it into Canadian pricing levels.

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by pjc50 on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:13AM (#12382371)

Hasn't US petrol prices seesawed from $4 to $2 fairly recently?

Of course, over here in the UK it's £1.10/liter, which is about $6.

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by pkulak on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:15AM (#12382382)

Gas prices vary by that amount just from state to state.

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by lmkg on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:47AM (#12382675)

And that variance is also considered "a lot."

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by VLM on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:30AM (#12382526)

And that will just be the start.

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by hyperbovine on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:36AM (#12382576)

Compared to inundating Manhattan? Perspective.

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