copenhagen
New member
This worries me too:
http://www.carbontax.org/
Also, looks like Boulder, Colorado is already on the Carbon Tax Wagon:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15651688/
Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are essential,
what's happening now, and how you can help
The next Administration and Congress will be called upon to address 21st Century climate realities. In a carbon-constrained world, a permanent, essential feature of U.S. policy must be a carbon tax that reduces the emissions that are driving global warming.
A carbon tax is a tax on the carbon content of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas).
A carbon tax is the most economically efficient means to convey crucial price signals and spur carbon-reducing investment and low-carbon behavior.
Carbon taxes should be phased in so businesses and households have time to adapt.
A carbon tax should be revenue-neutral: government can soften the impacts of added costs through rebates or by reducing other taxes ("tax-shifting").
Support for a carbon tax is growing steadily among public officials; economists; scientists; policy experts; leading business, religious, and environmental figures; and on the opinion pages of leading publications.
http://www.carbontax.org/
Also, looks like Boulder, Colorado is already on the Carbon Tax Wagon:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15651688/