tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938311055760665357.post5506042780366468008..comments2024-03-27T03:49:12.592-07:00Comments on Ed Dolan's Econ Blog: Why Conservatives Should Love a Carbon Tax—and Why Some of Them DoEd Dolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757995049056872214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938311055760665357.post-10149338405632380612013-07-01T17:27:42.829-07:002013-07-01T17:27:42.829-07:00Citizens Climate Lobby suggests a "carbon fee...Citizens Climate Lobby suggests a "carbon fee and dividend". Carbon sources are charged a "pollution fee", and those fees are rebated in full to households. More than 2/3 of households would get back more than they would pay in higher gas or heating prices, for example. It is not a "tax", as the government does not keep the fees, but returns them 100% to households.<br /><br />The purpose: to lower emissions. It would do this as lower relative costs of green energy would be stimulated. So, it uses the free market forces, rather than regulations. <br /><br />The only obstacle? Fossil fuel corporations, fearing loss in market share, demand that the "fossil tools" in Congress, oppose it, though the Earth be burnt to a cinder: Profit uber alles.jzfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861058020932598173noreply@blogger.com