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Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Congressional Budget Office Wants To Put A Price On Air Pollution

In a recent report, the CBO suggested that lawmakers "view a carbon tax as a reflection of society's willingness to pay to reduce the risk of potentially very expensive damage in the future." In other words, while dirty, last-century fossil fuels may be cheap in the short term – the long term the cost to our health and environment will be monumental. The CBO projected that a carbon tax of twenty dollars per metric ton would bring in over a trillion dollars in new revenue and cut carbon dioxide emissions by about eight percent over the next decade. This policy would finally put a price on the damage that carbon pollution is doing to our environment. It would also level the playing field, and allow green energy technology to compete with over-subsidized oil giants. It's time that we start accounting for the true cost of burning fossil fuels. Call Congress and tell them to take the CBOs suggestion – implement a carbon tax and end this de facto subsidy for big oil.

7 comments:

  1. Bullshit. Is there anything the Democrats won't find a way to tax?

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  2. This is just another ploy to get taxpayers to give them their hard earned money.
    Who can feel good about government taking our money when we struggle to buy groceries, healthcare, medications...everything else. THERE'S NO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. So the CBO can take their carbon tax & shove it!

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  3. Paying this tax will NOT cut any carbon emissions. It's all a lie.

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  4. Carbon is NOT causing damage. Carbon is everywhere. You are carbon based.
    This is nothing more than a new way to tax. No benefit, just a tax.

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  5. It's been over a year since they voted to stop subsidizing the addition of ethanol to gas.

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  6. It snowed today this is a democrat tax scheme.

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  7. But have they removed the ethanol mandate? I think not!

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