tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post1457068372679010076..comments2023-10-26T14:13:58.282+00:00Comments on Is there more to life than shoes?: Port or Starboard?Trixyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-31118254242137804462010-01-01T12:02:46.716+00:002010-01-01T12:02:46.716+00:00How's the New Year brain today, Trixy?How's the New Year brain today, Trixy?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-46188278857945028932009-12-30T16:32:29.534+00:002009-12-30T16:32:29.534+00:00I agree that it's on the lower end of the scal...I agree that it's on the lower end of the scale compared to some of the shockers but it's still a group of people artificially raising the price of something which isn't leaving it to the market in the traditional sense. It's tampering with it then asking the market to crack on but don't forget to give the Treasury a load of cash to waste.Trixyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-64067569754219648342009-12-29T13:24:27.441+00:002009-12-29T13:24:27.441+00:00I'm with OC on this one.
In the pantheon of &...I'm with OC on this one.<br /><br />In the pantheon of 'really fucking awful taxes' (with VAT, National Insurance and benefits means testing at the top), taxes on fossil fuels are pretty innocuous.<br /><br />Whether the tax should be set at a rate which covers the external cost (and apparently UK fuel duties etc already do that) or whether it should be a much higher rate to drive emissions down to some made-up level is another topic.<br /><br />But either way, a carbon tax (especially if other taxes reduced accordingly, big if) is infinitely better than cap and trade which is just an excuse for the govt. to give its friends and donors free money.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-84031051918352306582009-12-28T22:15:51.269+00:002009-12-28T22:15:51.269+00:00What he means by:-
"A carbon tax means that ...What he means by:-<br /><br />"A carbon tax means that we can leave it to the market to find the lowest-cost way of reducing global warming"<br /><br />is that you tax the external effects of pollution and then just leave it to the market beyond that to decide what to do about it. Some people may just pay for their pollution. Others may choose to pollute less. Companies will invest in cleaner technologies that will give people a way to save on their pollution bill.<br /><br />Leaving aside AGW, that is precisely the best way to deal with pollution - it's fair, cheap to manage, far simpler than numerous government schemes and deals with precisely what the issue is.<br /><br />Regulation is absolutely not the right answer. He talks about houses that leak fuel, but this is where pollution taxes come in. If you think that a solution (like getting cavity wall installed) will save your fuel leaking, you'll pay for it.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.com