freediver wrote on May 12
th, 2019 at 9:37pm:
Lee, you seem to be agreeing with me that carbon taxes will reduce emissions, but complaining that it will not happen uniformly between industries. Is that right?
It depends on whether a particular industry can reduce emissions. Whether there are processes that produce less CO2. There may be or there may not be.
A simplistic "a carbon tax will reduce emissions" is a nonsense.
So a carbon tax MAY reduce emissions. It is not a given.
So give me an example of an industry where emissions can be reduced, economically hopefully.
freediver wrote on May 12
th, 2019 at 9:37pm:
But their customers can still reduce their emissions.
How can a customer reduce their emissions? Which customers, which industries.
freediver wrote on May 12
th, 2019 at 9:37pm:
BTW, what industries are you talking about that cannot reduce their emissions?
Didn't you read about cement manufacture and steel manufacture?
freediver wrote on May 12
th, 2019 at 9:37pm:
Ah, so trucks and refrigerators aren't responsible for much of our emissions?
So you would have ev's? You don't want refrigeration?
freediver wrote on May 12
th, 2019 at 9:37pm:
If one tax goes up and another goes down, what will happen to the affordability of the end product?
If the one that goes up is a carbon tax and it is fully rebated to the consumer, as promised, where is the room for another tax to come down?