[Greenbuilding] Carbon and Nitrogen taxes - was drying clothes

[Jason Holstine]

Depends on the model(s).  I¹ve seen mock-ups to tie the tax to industrial
emissions permits, which itemize the source¹s pollutant(s) and its limit(s).
These are usually enforced at the state/local level, so would give the local
jurisdiction some revenue to further enhance enforcement or voluntary
prevention programs.  This obviously gets more complicated, therefore less
desirable and more likely.  Another model was a VAT, basically a sales tax
on consumption of everything. It¹s simple but distorted.  And a whole of lot
of concepts somewhere in between.


On 9/1/11 2:37 PM, "sanjay jain" <sanjayjainuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> hmm... I thought that the carbon tax idea was just a tax on consuming fossil
> fuel, not actual emissions.
> 
> In practical terms, I can see how you can put a tax on gas, but how do you put
> a tax on emissions? Especially small scale industry?
> 
> 
> From: Jason Holstine <jason at amicusgreen.com>
> To: sanjay jain <sanjayjainuk at yahoo.co.uk>; Greenbuilding Listserv
> <Greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Carbon and Nitrogen taxes - was drying clothes
> 
> Re: [Greenbuilding] Carbon and Nitrogen taxes - was drying clothes A carbon
> tax would be the nickname but it would be indexed against GWP ­ global warming
> potential, and different gases have assigned GWP multipliers that the tax
> would be calculated against. This is of course assuming we¹re on a different
> planet for the talk of a carbon tax to begin with.
> 
> 
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