Then middle and upper class people will just keep on polluting at marginally lower rates. The only real solutions to this problem are ones that get the will & finances of the upper classes involved.
So what? I'm suggesting pricing in the externalities.
It's not a problem that you want to release a ton of CO^2, if scrubbing and permanently sequestering a corresponding ton of CO^2 is included in the price.
Instead the EU wants to micro-manage the market, and only address some sources of pollution.
They're not banning gasoline engines in general, and notably doing nothing about non-automotive gasoline engines, which relatively speaking are much bigger polluters.
It's not a problem that you want to release a ton of CO^2, if scrubbing and permanently sequestering a corresponding ton of CO^2 is included in the price.
Instead the EU wants to micro-manage the market, and only address some sources of pollution.
They're not banning gasoline engines in general, and notably doing nothing about non-automotive gasoline engines, which relatively speaking are much bigger polluters.