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Re:G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals by seanmcdirmid on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:42AM (#27410842)
> Taxing gas is a great example. Gas consumers emit carbon which has a cost for society.

This isn't even why gas is tax heavily in developed economies. First, gas taxes pay for roads. Second, the negative externality that Europe, at least, is trying to reduce is dependency on Middle Eastern oil, since that opens a huge can of worms with respect to world stability. If they really cared about air pollution, they wouldn't have pushed diesel so much.

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Re:G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals by ljf on Sunday June 06, 2021 @03:10AM (#27411365)
In many countries gas does not pay for roads, but goes into a general taxation 'bucket'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_tax
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