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by pfdietz 1684 days ago
It would make people buy electric cars, or just trade 20 mpg SUVs for 40 mpg small cars.

If there is a rural bias, the solution would be to subsidize the rural areas to buy their votes. The solution to a problem of the commons, and the distribution of benefits, are separable (Coase Theorem).