Google says its carbon footprint is now zero

Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by robertlagrant on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:27AM (#24471289)

You're already taxed (potentially a lot) on fuel. Adding another tax that's harder to measure consumption for seems like a bad idea.

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by ip26 on Monday September 14, 2020 @12:29PM (#24472055)

I'm not really stumping for the carbon tax here, it's mostly just a thought experiment on the relative significance of pricing carbon.

I have to add though, while carbon taxes would have challenges to implement, adding a carbon tax to fuel specifically is not hard to measure at all! We know exactly how much carbon is in the fuel. A $40/ton carbon tax means +$0.36 per gallon of gasoline.

P.S. The US federal fuel tax ($0.18) was last increased in 1993, and was not indexed to inflation.

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by TheCoelacanth on Monday September 14, 2020 @01:59PM (#24473103)

The fuel tax generally doesn't even cover the full cost of roads. It doesn't even start paying for carbon offsets.

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