Calm down everyone. As the second sentance says "It is a tax on emissions of the pure gas, carbon dioxide (CO2)." Since most if not all emissions are not pure CO2 there will be no tax.
The problem is that we as a society can't seem to debate rationally. There are two issues that to me are separate; (1) is AGW occurring and (2) what to do about it. Yet the debate is polarised between options (a) believe in AGW and support the carbon tax and (b) don't like the carbon tax and deny AGW. Surely we could consider more nuanced positions. Personally I like (c) think AGW is at least very likely but don't think governments here or elsewhere have the wherewithall to do anything about it being, as they are, servants of an economic system that requires continuous growth in profits (and hence production) and looks at only short-term private gain no matter what longer-term and broader consequences may be. That isn't being cynical, it's reading history and facing facts.
