Why a carbon tax should be Australia’s answer to climate change
The recent release of the draft Garnaut Report has focused attention on how an emissions trading scheme (ETS) should be implemented in
As with many official pronouncements regarding climate change, the draft Report starts from a position that carbon emissions must be reduced. While this may be the case, it mischaracterises the problem of carbon pollution by setting up the issue as one of quantity control. The correct approach, which would lead to a more appropriate regulatory response, is to recognise that the problem is really one of undercharging (or, as here, not charging at all) for the use of a particular resource, specifically, emitting carbon into the atmosphere.
Continue reading "Why a carbon tax should be Australia’s answer to climate change"
