Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by PoignardAzur on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:02PM
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I think Washington state did manage to pass a carbon tax?
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-states-...
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by notJim on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:07PM
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That's great news, looks like my info was out of date.
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by lutorm on Monday August 09, 2021 @07:05PM
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It seems a strategy that might work is pairing the carbon tax with a universal refundable tax credit such that it's revenue-neutral. That way people can pocket the difference if they want to use less carbon.
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by notJim on Monday August 09, 2021 @07:22PM
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One of the failed referenda in Washington included this feature. It lost 60-40.
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by NumberWangMan on Monday August 09, 2021 @08:57PM
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The more time passes, the more people support a carbon tax. A carbon tax and dividend is actually supported by a majority of Americans of both parties, now. But Congress is lagging behind popular support a bit, and needs people to let them know that we do support it.
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by omegaworks on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:58PM
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Exactly. America is structurally dependent on cars. The working poor have been forced into increasingly long commutes to find affordable housing. We need big structural changes: densification, massive investment in sustainable transit systems and urban design.
In Washington state, one of the more progressive states, they've failed over and over again to pass a carbon tax. Nothing they can do makes it work politically. In France, a carbon tax kicked off the yellow vests movement.
Like it or not, the Green New Deal framing works better, because it emphasizes the benefits, rather than the costs.