Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by bryanlarsen on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:04AM
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In theory, if both the burger and the natural gas is domestic, it's fully accounted. The tax is on the natural gas so the cost shows up in the burger.
In practice, it's @#%#ed up, as usual. They didn't implement a carbon tariff, so foreign fertilizer would have been a lot cheaper than domestic fertilizer. But instead of putting a carbon tariff on foreign fertilizer, they gave domestic fertilizer a 90% exemption.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by gamblor956 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:58AM
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Tariffs are often regulated by treaties or meet with reactionary tariffs so local exemptions are usually the most practical way of dealing with imports.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by Scoundreller on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:05PM
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How do I get my own exemption? I’m more special than everyone else.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by gamblor956 on Monday July 29, 2019 @06:55PM
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Do you compete in an industry subject to some sort of excise tax or tariff? If so, then hire a lawyer to explain the existing exemptions to you.
If not, go troll somewhere else.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by Scoundreller on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:07PM
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The premise is that the exemptions were selected for political reasons, and a small fish in a small industry has zero chance of getting their own exemption.
Consumers pay some carbon taxes directly (e.g. while buying gasoline), but does this account for indirect carbon taxes (e.g. the natural gas used in making fertilizer to grow the food that the cow ate to make this burger?).
At the end of the day, a lot of our purchases are really paying for the energy used in its production at some level.