I live in the UK and this country is sufferring from global warming. One year of almost constant rain, hurricanes, flooding, transport almost at a standstill. I agree that there should be a tax on the polluters, but not indiscrimately. Here we have a very high tax on fuel, to encourage people to use a public transport system that is expensive, unreliable, unavailable in most areas, and downright dangerous because everything is now owned by giant commercial conglomerates that have put profits above safety, causing a number of rail disasters due to poor maintenance. Most people in Britain drive small, efficient cars. Only the wealthiest can afford to drive a gas guzzler that would be called a compact car in the US.
Tax the companies that cause most of the pollution, certainly. They can reduce share dividends slightly in order to pay for more eco-friendly solutions. But don't tax ordinary people who need transportation to survive. Maybe it would be a good idea to ban all automobiles over 2 litres engine capacity, with tax breaks for under 1,2 litres (cc).
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I live in the UK and this country is sufferring from global warming. One year of almost constant rain, hurricanes, flooding, transport almost at a standstill. I agree that there should be a tax on the polluters, but not indiscrimately. Here we have a very high tax on fuel, to encourage people to use a public transport system that is expensive, unreliable, unavailable in most areas, and downright dangerous because everything is now owned by giant commercial conglomerates that have put profits above safety, causing a number of rail disasters due to poor maintenance. Most people in Britain drive small, efficient cars. Only the wealthiest can afford to drive a gas guzzler that would be called a compact car in the US.
Tax the companies that cause most of the pollution, certainly. They can reduce share dividends slightly in order to pay for more eco-friendly solutions. But don't tax ordinary people who need transportation to survive. Maybe it would be a good idea to ban all automobiles over 2 litres engine capacity, with tax breaks for under 1,2 litres (cc).