[hannob]

We know since many decades that a carbon price might be a good idea. But it's not that simple, because either you do it worldwide or you introduce lots of exceptions or you do something like carbon import tariffs (which the EU wants to do, but I think no such mechanism exists anywhere in the world right now).

Bottom line is: Most of the world has no carbon price, and the places that do have one (e.g. the EU ETS) there are so many loopholes that it is not very effective. It's not that it isn't worth trying to do better, but a carbon price is definitely not a short term solution.

So I'm inclined to think whoever proposes a carbon price as "the one true solution" really doesn't want a solution at all.

[ganafagol]

The age of the proposal for carbon tax mirrors the age of sophisticated "reasons" why it should not happen or why it's supposedly not a good idea "if you think about it".

Nonsense. It's lobbyism. In more drastic terms, corruption. Plain and simple.

We can have this "discussion" once significant industrial nations have implemented a carbon tax. Until then, it's all just excuses. Similar to all the bunch of nonsense people come up with why they can't start working out today or save money today or go to bed right now instead of after watching the next episode of whatnot-series.

[prussian]

I don't think it helps that carbon isn't the be-all, end-all in the polluting effects of general consumption (including crypto mining). Even if all these miners were 100% green energy, the green tech would still be a net pollution on the world. I wish we stopped thinking of things so simply.

[throwaway346434]

It already worked in Australia until conservatives and vested interests ran an aggressive media campaign, facilitated by Newscorp. Emissions dropped. Consumers didnt notice a hike in prices, or where they did, switched.