This is really awesome. “The cause of the price hikes are ‘eco taxes’ meant to dissuade the French from using cars… Fuel taxes penalize the poor disproportionately.” This applies to electricity, too.
CO2 tax
Philippines won’t adopt CO2 tax…
… because it punishes consumers. A Philippine energy official said that a “carbon tax may not be an effective way of reducing carbon emissions,” and that it would defeat the country’s industrial aspirations since the coal plants are the most “cost effective option” in meeting the energy needs of such kind of economy.
Report: CO2 tax is not pro-growth
Voters in Washington state just overwhelmingly voted against a CO2 tax because it only makes energy more expensive without providing any benefits. Here’s a more formal analysis from the Institute for Energy Research and Capital Alpha Partners.
Grid operator urged to shut coal plants via CO2 charge
Voters reject Republican Congressman who introduced CO2 tax bill
Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida — who co-founded the Climate Solutions Caucus and introduced a CO2 tax bill — lost. Maybe it was Curbelo’s desire to pointlessly raise electricity costs. Maybe voters rejected his appeasement strategy. Maybe both. Maybe neither. Either way, energy price-raising climate alarmism is not a winning political strategy.
Source: Axios.com
Voters reject CO2 tax in Washington state
Not even close in a blue state. Yet US electric utilities are using make-believe projections of CO2 taxes when they falsely claim that closing coal plants saves ratepayers money.
Source: Washington.gov
