tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post1413535153348356137..comments2023-09-27T07:37:28.443-07:00Comments on Ethics and the Environment (with some economics and politics thrown in): Senate considers a fifteen cent gas tax to fight global warmingJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-74860087074350581222010-04-26T11:42:10.437-07:002010-04-26T11:42:10.437-07:00Anonymous, thanks for commenting! You have an int...Anonymous, thanks for commenting! You have an interesting point, but I must respectfully disagree a bit.<br /><br />To me, anyway, the beauty of a carbon price is that it directly relates the price to the externality. That sort of clarity is important both on a social level and in regards to dealing with revenues from said tax. <br /><br />I'm opposed, also, to relying more and more upon regressive structures without relief, both on ethical grounds and on economic grounds (the MU of poor people's money is higher than of richer people's money). That's why I only support a carbon price if it comes with a rebate (not a 100% rebate, mind you, but an equally-doled-out rebate of, say, 80%). <br /><br />Any road costs from increasing these prices must only go to mass-transit and repairs, and not new roads (or lanes), too.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-28154187207399834482010-04-24T02:38:35.808-07:002010-04-24T02:38:35.808-07:00Before we add a carbon tax to gas (along with othe...Before we add a carbon tax to gas (along with other fossil fuels), we could just add sales tax in the states where it's exempt, and triple the excise tax to match its inflation adjusted prior levels while barely covering the actual direct road costs of the U.S. rather than leaning on state and city general funds to cover those costs. THEN add the carbon tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com