One Clear Dot

I’m a blog-a-holic. I love reading blogs, because it allows me my daily fix into a world where anyone can be a journalist or a commentator. That’s my kind of world.

The Armand Rousso Green Business Blog has an article on British Columbia’s consumer based carbon tax, which will start in July. There are a lots of reasons for implementing a carbon tax, but the main thing that comes out of such a tax in the eyes of the tax payer is increased fuel costs.

In Europe, where gas prices ore notoriously high, 2/3 of the per-gallon price of gas is comprised of the carbon tax. I suppose the governments that enact carbon taxes have some of the same philosophy as those who highly tax cigarettes – tax something to the point where it becomes so prohibitively expensive that people buy less. Believe me, I am already buying less.

Rousso feels the tax is a good idea. He feels it will not only help consumers take another look at their personal usage, but also fund alternate fuel methods quicker. Personally, I am seeing this 100% from the point of view of a consumer who is already driving a LOT less than I used to, simply because of affordability.

Interestingly, the Environmental Protection Agency has a Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator that lets you see what your personal use of fuel adds up to in the way of emissions, oil consumption, and other such. I agree that awareness is key.

Posted on March 21st, 2008 by onecleardot
Filed under: The Way People Think