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Re: [Phys-L] Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?



Now, we finally get to the real purpose of carbon caps and taxes... it's
all about wealth redistribution, whether it be to third world nations or
for so-called "social justice."

Of course, these fees would be passed on to customers at the gas pumps and
their other energy purchases. This makes everything more expensive for
everyone - rich or poor - and further damages the economy. A poor economy
hurts the poor and middle class the most - regardless of the wealth
redistribution.

Profit margins for oil companies are between 3 and 9 %, which is perfectly
acceptable. Profit margins for software and pharmaceutical companies are
typically the highest among all industries.



On 3 Jun 2013 at 15:52, Richard Hake wrote:

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post
"Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" [Hake (2013)]. The
abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: James Hansen, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for
Space Studies, in "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" at
<http://bit.ly/12djtSf> wrote: "We must have a simple, honest,
across-the-board carbon fee collected from the fossil fuel companies
at the small number of domestic mines and ports of entry. All of that
money should be distributed to the public-100 percent of it-with
equal amounts going to all legal residents."

A Google <http://www.google.com/> search for "Carbon Tax" turned up
4,210,000 hits at <http://bit.ly/153PQQV> on 03 June 10:30-0700,
including the Wikipedi entries on "Carbon Tax" at
<http://bit.ly/118dUBp> and on "Emissions Control" at
<http://bit.ly/15tshjV>. In my opinion: (a) The *more* important hits
are listed in the over twenty references in the REFERENCE list in the
complete post at <http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn>, and (b) the *most*
important hits are these six:

(1) "The Courage to Fight Climate Change" [Hansen & Romm (2013)] at
<http://bit.ly/12djtSf>,

(2) "The People vs. Cap-and-Trade" [Hansen (2010b)] at
<http://bit.ly/17OhN3w>,

(3) "The American Party" [Hansen (2013)] at <http://huff.to/13gcjcR>,

(4) "Herman Daly on Carbon Fees and Tax Shifting" [Gravitas (2011)]
at <http://bit.ly/1aTHNH3>,

(5) "Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills" [Sanders (2013a)]
at <http://1.usa.gov/12oSeUT>,

(6) "Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment" [CBO
(2013)] at <http://1.usa.gov/13y4MF6>.

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To access the complete 32 kB post please click on <http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 03 June
2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?"
online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at <http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn>.
Post of 03 Jun 2013 12:34:27-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The
abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to
various discussion lists and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/15zIncu>.
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