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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by xnx on Friday April 25, 2025 @06:44PM (#43799175)
> That's close to impossible to implement.

For a carbon tax, I think you only need to track imports, and domestic extraction of coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by michpoch on Friday April 25, 2025 @08:36PM (#43799837)
„Only” track imports?
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by xnx on Friday April 25, 2025 @09:43PM (#43800176)
I think customs already tracks this. Smuggling oil and coal into the US at any meaningful scale seems very unlikely.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by michpoch on Saturday April 26, 2025 @04:07AM (#43801777)
Right, but how do you track carbon in imported goods?
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by xnx on Saturday April 26, 2025 @06:48AM (#43802471)
You don't. We already outsource all kinds of things (pollution, human rights violations) now.
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