Elon Musk @elonmusk
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The only action needed to solve climate change is is a carbon tax.

There's a lot that's wrong here, with the first thing being that carbon itself is comparable to various vices. People can choose to not drink. They can't choose to not eat food, whose production releases carbon emissions. There's also that whole "breathing" thing to consider. Something like travel is also more of a necessity than not in the modern world.

Regardless, Musk couches his idea for a carbon tax in a populist message of not imposing draconian laws on farmers and air-conditioner usage. Okay, but who does he think would be affected by a carbon tax? For example, ranchers that create large amounts of carbon emissions raising cattle would be on the hook. Further, even if one makes the argument that a carbon tax would mostly impact large companies, guess what they'll do to their prices? And guess who will then pay that price increase. //

brookie
2 hours ago
CO2 is the gas of life.

DavidW
2 hours ago
I think Al Gore and John Kerry support carbon taxes. That disqualifies the concept immediately!!!