[dylan604]

From a different viewpoint, these scientists are just trying to shut down companies and have employees lose their jobs by making things too expensive because the happen to pollute "a little". So intead of polluter pays, consumer pays after the prices get raised to compensate the expense of the polluter fines/taxes, the equipment upgrade to reduce emissions, etc.

If the damn scientists would just shut up already, everything would be fine! /s

[mhh__]

If you tax the carbon then the market will adjust by favouring more efficient products. If poor people can't afford them then that's a different societal issue which is not being caused by a relatively small tax.

[bryanrasmussen]

the /s at the end of the post is meant to indicate sarcasm, so I don't think they actually meant what was said.