First Name: | Lee |
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Last Name: | Ballance |
Email Address: | leeballance@gmail.com |
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Subject | In Support of Carbon Tax |
Comment |
First I would like to thank the Air Resources Board for their hard and extremely valuable work in making our state a world leader in climate change action. I would like to encourage the Air Resources Board to take a deep and serious look at the option of a carbon tax (or fee), imposed as far upstream as possible, as a way to manage fossil fuel emissions going forward. Such a tax spreads the price of carbon throughout the economy in the most efficient way possible. It also minimizes the cost of administration and monitoring. By avoiding offsets the immediate benefits of reduced emissions, especially air quality benefits, are realized by the citizens of CA rather than elsewhere. Finally carbon fees or taxes can be easily integrated across states and nations and can serve as a model for Federal action. The CA legislature called on the US government to institute such a plan earlier this year when it passed AJR 43. Instituting a carbon tax at the State level would add impetus to Federal action. Thank you for your attention, Lee C. Ballance MD |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-12-16 14:03:53 |
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