laverabe@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoOpinion | Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down118
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkOpinion | Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?www.nytimes.comlaverabe@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareSuspiciousbrowsing@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoYou’d think that… it sunk the Australian government when they tried to implement it 10-15 yrs ago
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoCanada has one, though it’s not particularly aggressive, as far as I can tell. They redistribute the tax money so no one actually pays extra over the full year, but high carbon products are still more expensive. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/02/canada-carbon-rebate-amounts-for-2024-25.html I have no idea how the tax is calculated.
You’d think that… it sunk the Australian government when they tried to implement it 10-15 yrs ago
Canada has one, though it’s not particularly aggressive, as far as I can tell. They redistribute the tax money so no one actually pays extra over the full year, but high carbon products are still more expensive.
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/02/canada-carbon-rebate-amounts-for-2024-25.html
I have no idea how the tax is calculated.