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Re:Climate talks break up with no agreement on carbon trading by larnmar on Sunday December 15, 2019 @01:48PM (#21798025)
Governments love taxing stuff, and carbon taxes give them an excuse to raise taxes for something that seems like a “good reason”.

But of course they wouldn’t put one in without excluding everyone powerful enough to make a fuss about it.

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Re:Climate talks break up with no agreement on carbon trading by skitout on Sunday December 15, 2019 @02:24PM (#21798324)
There are heavy subsidies to fossil fuel (4.7 trillons a year globally says the IMF)... Mostly negative externalities. Carbon tax can be seen as a tax... or as the end of a subsidy, allowing to get the most efficient solutions for the people
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