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Gore's carbon tax makes good sense

And a revenue neutral carbon tax will not increase electricity rates if applied correctly, so people can dispense with that propaganda right now. This would actually bring revenue back to consumers. This is really the best and most effective mechanism to bring down carbon emissions considering the precipice we are currently hanging from. I said it before and I will say it again: cap and trade will be abused, it will not bring down emissions in line with scientific warnings, and it will work against the poor and indigenous peoples of our planet and consumers. Politicians across the aisle, economists, and business executives (most currently from Fed Ex) are all calling for a revenue neutral carbon tax as the best way to decrease emissions at a faster pace, spur investment in and usage of alternate energies, and actually benefit consumers and workers. It is a win win. Time for Congress to get some guts and stop putting politics before principle.

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It’s time to look for climate change legislation that works politically. There are 26 senators from states where electricity production from coal — a major source of global warming — is above the national average. They are understandably nervous about voting for something that would raise electricity rates on voters in the middle of a recession. A carbon tax could be designed to take into account the geographic location of the taxpayer, so that taxpayers in states reliant on coal receive a larger reduction in their payroll taxes than others. This should make it more politically acceptable to congressmen from coal states.

The economists may say we have seen the worst of this recession, but with unemployment at nearly 10 percent, most Americans don’t agree. A Congressional Budget Office estimate released last week said the current legislation would cut the gross domestic product 3.5 percent by 2050, news that, despite the distant prediction, plays into the worst fears about this legislation — that it would hurt growth when we desperately need it.

A carbon tax can be designed to accomplish what most environmentalists see as the major advantage of cap and trade — the “cap” itself, which guarantees definite reductions in emissions. The tax can be automatically reviewed and raised (or lowered) every three to five years depending on whether it is achieving real reductions in carbon emissions.

The purpose of climate change legislation should not be to close the deficit or to give Wall Street another commodity to trade. The purpose should be to affect the economic transformation away from fossil fuels. The next generation of energy entrepreneurs is ready to build large-scale wind farms and solar facilities, but they can’t raise the money. A cap-and-trade system that enriches traders but doesn’t guarantee a continually increasing price on carbon will not help create the green industries and the green jobs of tomorrow.

It has been 30 years since the first congressional hearings on the topic of climate change. Compared with health care, the issue is a mere adolescent. And yet the planet can’t afford 30 more years of discussion. A carbon tax shift is a climate policy that is transparent and easy to understand. It can be designed to be revenue neutral and therefore politically palatable. Gore’s first idea was the best one. We should go back to it.

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