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Old 12-28-2018, 03:26 AM   #1355
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
Are we so into the idea of carbon and climate change that we are now just shifting what is acceptable pollution?
It's pretty much economic law that taxing one negative externality without taxing others will create a substitution effect.

Carbon tax is probably better than nothing, but the full benefits aren't being realized without a comprehensive externality pricing scheme.
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