First Name: | Christopher |
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Last Name: | Hilger |
Email Address: | antonchh@gmail.com |
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Subject | comment on 2030 target scoping plan |
Comment |
Thank you for leading in the fight to mitigate climate change. Please consider engaging in greater analysis of employing a carbon tax (Section E Alternative 2 Carbon Tax, pages 95-7 of the draft.) It is true that there would be difficulties, but there may be more benefits than difficulties. British Columbia's carbon tax worked quite well during the years that it went up, incrementally, from 2008 to 2012. Inflation as well as the relatively small amount of the tax are factors that go a long way towards explaining British Columbia's present ineffectiveness. A carbon tax can be imposed upstream and would therefore be felt throughout the entire economy. A carbon tax would be better for business, since it would lead to greater price predictability than a cap and trade system. Although I don't know how a carbon tax rather than cap and trade would affect California's affiliation with Quebec's cap and trade system, there is greater potential for partnering with far more jurisdictions since a carbon tax is so much easier and cheaper to employ than cap and trade systems are. The revenue from the tax would be so much more predictable than the revenue from cap and trade. Possibly most important, carbon tax revenue could be returned to households, thereby affording household the means to adjust to higher energy prices resulting from the tax. This last benefit of a carbon tax can be done transparently and without any corruption. Most Respectfully, Chris Hilger |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-12-14 20:01:57 |
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