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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
What is a carbon tax?
In theory it is an impost designed to reduce the emissions of the end user. ie carbon tax on coal is designed to reduce the burning of this product in the generation of power and the end user (us) from being wasteful.
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I hope that answers your question Trevor.
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I take your points Paul but you are essentially a supporter of a tax but just a different design - which is fair enough... but the mechanism to address this issue has been debated by all sides of the political spectrum for some time now and if we continue around in circles like this nothing will ever be done.
The opositions approach is widley regarded as inferior and worse for Australians if taken seriously, so what is one to do..?
I do not believe the ramifications of a price on carbon are anywhere near as bad as you are suggesting but I respect your opinion, it is not groundless.
A 5% reduction in CO2 production by 2020 is a pretty small target.
Cheers
Mike