Carbon taxes are really just another way for governments to take more money from citizens and private entities while doing nothing to reduce the government’s carbon footprint. Have you ever seen government cut back, especially since all their fossil fueled operations are paid for by forcibly taking money from citizens
Report says carbon taxes in B.C. and Alberta ‘failed’ in not lowering emissions
A new report says carbon taxes in B.C. and Alberta have done nothing to lower emissions in the provinces.
The study, by the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI), compared B.C.’s carbon tax and Alberta’s tax on large emitters to the European emissions trading scheme and Quebec’s cap-and-trade agreement with California.
“Overall, the emissions trading system (ETS) policy was found to be more effective at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than the Carbon Tax policy or a Hybrid policy,†said the study.
“B.C. carbon tax policy boosted economic activity but had no effect on emissions. Since the objective of regulatory policy is to reduce emissions, our results suggest that the carbon tax policy in British Columbia failed to achieve its goal.
“In fact, oil prices have been found to have a bigger effect on emissions in B.C. than carbon tax.â€
“Alberta SGER policy did not reduce GHG emissions as well.â€
You know why these straight taxes make no difference? Because they just pass on the costs to the consumer. All that happens is consumers pay more and government gets more, but, consider, not just from charging the carbon tax: they get more tax revenue from sales tax due to the higher price of the products and services. A double win for government.
But, hey, if citizens want to vote for this idiocy, let them feel the monetary pain.
