Quote:However, economists have two hands.
Not on whether carbon taxes are the best way to reduce emissions.
Quote:Unfortunately, the findings and outlook for carbon taxes alone as a way to reduce emissions are not promising."
They can reduce emissions by any amount up to 100%
Quote:That must mean 5% of economists don't agree with a carbon tax.
This is not even the same question. I expect there is a minority of economists who disagree on the science, just as there is among the rest of the public. After all, they are economists, not scientists. But you have not found a single economist who disagrees that taxes are the best way to reduce emissions. Even those who oppose action on climate change will agree with this, because it is such a basic question in economics.
The coalition discarded the cheapest, most economically efficient way to reduce GHG emissions in favour of some of the most expensive. They are populist economic vandals.