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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Depends on the model(s). I’ve seen mock-ups to tie the tax to industrial emissions permits, which itemize the source’s 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. It’s simple but distorted. And a whole of lot of concepts somewhere in between.<BR>
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On 9/1/11 2:37 PM, "sanjay jain" <<a href="sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk">sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>hmm... I thought that the carbon tax idea was just a tax on consuming fossil fuel, not actual emissions.<BR>
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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? <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="1" WIDTH="100%"><B>From:</B></SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'> Jason Holstine <<a href="jason@amicusgreen.com">jason@amicusgreen.com</a>><BR>
<B>To:</B> sanjay jain <<a href="sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk">sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; Greenbuilding Listserv <<a href="Greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>><BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 1, 2011 2:12 PM<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [Greenbuilding] Carbon and Nitrogen taxes - was drying clothes<BR>
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Re: [Greenbuilding] Carbon and Nitrogen taxes - was drying clothes </FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>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 we’re on a different planet for the talk of a carbon tax to begin with.<BR>
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