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Originally Posted by Salt Water Cowboy #10
I agree you can save money by reducing your personal carbon footprint. Which people should be mindful of. But I’m like you and I try and be practical in general when it comes to life. I still don’t want to hand money over so I can get a rebate. And that goes with anything I buy. Luxury taxes for spendy people and corporations that pollute should be more of the the target for carbon tax. I don’t know what happens to all the money and I’m not sure I want to understand, but making it more expensive to live for the general tax paying citizen shouldn’t be the route taken in my opinion. We’ll see how it goes though because it’s not going to go away.
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They are though. The same principles apply, but without the rebate. So if a corporation finds the tax large enough, they will do something about it, like putting solar panels on their warehouse to reduce energy costs, or buying a fleet of electric delivery vans instead of gas. All help reduce Canada's emissions.
The issue with the carbon tax is that the people against it don't seen to really understand it, they are just against it because they have been told to. Like, I'm not even convinced CO2 emissions are that big a threat to society compared to other issues, but even someone like me can see the value in them.