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I don't think there is any morality or immorality involved. A carbon molecule in the air is a carbon molecule in the air, and physically it doesn't matter whether it comes from the tailpipe of a 2007 Porsche Cayenne S or that of a 1991 Toyota. If you want to reduce overall energy usage (and thereby emissions) fast, then taxing is the way to go. That Porsche Cayenne owner will indeed be able to pay 1$ extra for his gallon of gas, but he will also be able to pay 3$ extra. Even after implementing a non-linear carbon tax scheme, the rich will still be rich, and the poor will still be poor.
The poor should get to sell carbon credits to the rich on ebay. Until that happens we will live in a fascist state.
Main Entry: fas·cism
Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si-
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
So exactly what about a carbon tax == fascism. Or are you just spouting nonsense?
Sadly no matter how you try to finagle it, there will always be poor. Humans breed until they stew in their own wastes. We are no smarter than yeast. Except, maybe yeast know the definition of fascist.
The truly wealthy in this country get that way because they game the system. Some day the sheep will wake up and drag the maggots down into the sewer. Until then I will complain about the imperial capitalist pig printing press mofos. You are a pig.
Communist trolls make baby jesus cry.
The Bush administration have achieved nine of the ten required steps towards fascism here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/21/15474/3677
Carbon credit trading? Tell me with a straight face that isn't a feel good gambit that will accomplish nothing at the end of the day except shifting the unsustainable CO2 emission location from one place to another.
Humans are going to zero carbon emissions. We can do it ourselves or mother nature can take us out of the picture. Pretty simple, eh?