Comments on: Climate expert: don’t trade carbon, tax it http://www.greenbang.com/climate-expert-dont-trade-carbon-tax-it_6914.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jane Burston, Carbon Retirement (www.carbonretirement.com) http://www.greenbang.com/climate-expert-dont-trade-carbon-tax-it_6914.html/comment-page-1#comment-8947 Jane Burston, Carbon Retirement (www.carbonretirement.com) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:55:24 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=6914#comment-8947 The issue with a carbon tax however is that it doesn't limit the volume of emissions - it just lets companies decide what they are prepared to pay for their polluting behaviour. The situation in which a tax might be more efficient in the US than a cap-and-trade scheme is if the government isn't prepared to make substantial caps on emissions under such a scheme - in which case the reductions a tax might lead to will be better than nothing!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8947','Jane Burston, Carbon Retirement (www.carbonretirement.com)'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8947','Jane Burston, Carbon Retirement (www.carbonretirement.com)','The issue with a carbon tax however is that it doesn\'t limit the volume of emissions - it just lets companies decide what they are prepared to pay for their polluting behaviour.\r\n\r\nThe situation in which a tax might be more efficient in the US than a cap-and-trade scheme is if the government isn\'t prepared to make substantial caps on emissions under such a scheme - in which case the reductions a tax might lead to will be better than nothing!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The issue with a carbon tax however is that it doesn’t limit the volume of emissions – it just lets companies decide what they are prepared to pay for their polluting behaviour.

The situation in which a tax might be more efficient in the US than a cap-and-trade scheme is if the government isn’t prepared to make substantial caps on emissions under such a scheme – in which case the reductions a tax might lead to will be better than nothing!

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