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Originally Posted by clive milne
I personally think it is flawed, but for what it is worth here is an explanation of the economic logic underpinning the carbon tax: ... It might be a nice idea in principle, but I personally think it will be ineffective at reducing GHG emissions for the simple reason that people seldom respond to this sort of approach.
It is also dangerous in as much as it implies that if we return to 1990 level emissions, the job is done.
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Not only that but it does nothing at all to address the explosion of coal consumption. Look at how green we are! No pollution in Australia, wonderful power generation... and yet our coal exports to other countries have grown by vast amounts in the last decade alone and our LNG exports are set to do the same. If we're exporting it then someone is burning it and they're NOT doing it cleanly either.