Carbon Tax Advocacy

This cluster centers on comments advocating for a carbon tax as the optimal policy to reduce emissions, often presented as superior to subsidies, bans, or regulations, with discussions on its revenue-neutral design and effectiveness.

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Sample Comments

CameronNemo Mar 15, 2021 View on HN

Or just implement a carbon tax...

rthomas6 Sep 26, 2023 View on HN

Why not just tax carbon emissions?

wmf May 21, 2025 View on HN

Carbon tax or something similar.

sharemywin Aug 15, 2018 View on HN

seems like a carbon tax/credit would help.

lookingforsome Nov 11, 2021 View on HN

so carbon tax would be effective in this scenario?

Marsymars Apr 3, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like a good argument for a carbon tax!

darawk Mar 19, 2018 View on HN

Why don't we just put a carbon tax on...carbon?

genman Jan 8, 2024 View on HN

Carbon tax can solve this issue.

abecedarius Feb 10, 2021 View on HN

Tax the externality of actually burning carbon. That's what we actually want to discourage, right?

rfugger Apr 3, 2013 View on HN

You just tax the carbon emissions.