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Re:Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet by millstone on Saturday November 24, 2018 @03:11AM (#18521028)
We are all on the same planet and we'll all suffer as temperatures rise.

Let's agree that a carbon tax should be revenue neutral (via a dividend), and not fund either a progressive or conservative agenda. The purpose of the tax is to internalize CO2 externalities. Other issues can be hashed out on their merits.

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Re:Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet by spangry on Saturday November 24, 2018 @03:37AM (#18521107)
Agreed. Carbon pricing works via substitution effects: carbon-intensive goods become relatively more expensive so people substitute towards less carbon-intensive goods, all other things equal. Tax revenue hypothecation hardly ever makes sense anyway, as tax revenue is fungible.
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Re:Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet by icebraining on Saturday November 24, 2018 @06:58AM (#18521626)
How would that dividend work?
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