On Dec 20, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Steve Bruns wrote:
> Here in British Columbia we have a carbon tax. It is a surtax on fossil fuels, most notably a 5.56 cents/ltr on gasoline, 6.39 cents/ltr on diesel fuel and $51.93/tonne on high heat value coal. It is designed to be revenue neutral and the offsetting tax cuts are primarily to corporations and "small" business.
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> I would argue that this is an exercise in greenwashing a tax shift since a true carbon tax would need to be sufficient enough to actually alter consumption, which this clearly isn't. Doesn't this at least align with neoliberal policy?
It has to be high enough to matter and rise over time or it's just a revenue measure.