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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Probably? The are mroe likely to have multiple vehicles and not use public transit, have larger houses with A/C to heat and cool, potentially have a second vacation home sitting empty 95% of the time, fligts as you mentioned, and just generally consume more because they can afford to.
I'd kind of prefer a "basic exemption" for CO2 emissions that decreases over time, so that just existing doesn't cost you anything, but if you consume more than your basic you pay for that at an increasing rate. But that is very hard to measure, and can essentially be handled through the rebate system(though I'd prefer it to be more progressive, punishing higher users).
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I’d be more comfortable with the carbon tax if it wasn’t returned as a rebate, but was used to reduce actual emissions. If you can’t afford to maintain your furnace or car to a certain efficiency, maybe basic repairs are subsidized? No idea how that would work. Just asking dumb questions while mailing in a workout