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Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo... by sorryforthethro on Thursday February 21, 2019 @02:38PM (#19219860)
Not just simple fraud, but a major hurdle is how to regulate CO2 necessary for producing consumer energy without creating a regressive tax structure. Once CO2 is converted to electricity on the grid, it's fungible and impossible to sort out luxury vs necessity.

Imho, government trying to sin-tax away CO2 is result of our failure to invest in technology solutions.

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Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo... by gowld on Thursday February 21, 2019 @02:46PM (#19219913)
Not so hard. It's fine if any individual tax is regressive, as long is counterbalanced by UBI or other forms of per-capita welfare support. You don't need to measure precisely, as long as you get rough estimates that people pay $Y in various sin-taxes but get $X>$Y in general welfare benefits.
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Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo... by sorryforthethro on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @10:01PM (#19268686)
I absolutely disagree. Inserting the government into the average citizen's balance sheet can and will be corrupted.
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