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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by xyzzy123 on Friday April 25, 2025 @08:14PM (#43799737)
The Australian implementation had a lot of problems. Instead of being a tax applied to say, coal, oil & gas it was a scheme that applied to the 500 largest emitters. These emitters then (crucially) estimated their own emissions minus offsets and paid tax on that.

The issue with this is that it creates a whole parallel (and largely fake) carbon accounting world. Fake estimates, fake offsets - but real public money.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by bryanlarsen on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:23AM (#43822498)
Yes, carbon taxes are tricky, with loopholes and grifters etc.

But it's still substantially simpler, with fewer loopholes and grifters than any of the effective alternatives proposed.

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