Well, I’m smoothly getting to the point that our ecosystem now urgently needs a transparent way of pricing carbon, a cost that one could easily see while purchasing consumer goods. And, obviously, the only way to have this done will certainly, “one day”, to invent a sort of new levy imposed by governments, impacting costing (and pricing) of goods. A sort of “carbon-added-tax” (cf VAT…) passed along to consumers. Not that I like this idea, but I don’t see alternatives.
But, clearly, who – what government – would take today the risk to propose a new tax ? Would it be possible to solve this picture by inventing a new design for it? Even a new … name ?
I love the subtitle of this Reuters Blog post :
Could semantics help save the planet ? (A showdown between leaders of Chevron Corp and the Sierra Club on Wednesday night revealed a number of shared beliefs between the two California institutions, particularly about the need for a transparent way of pricing carbon.)
Read the Reuters blog post here.
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