Opinion: A 'carbon dividend' could be politically popular – and save the atmosphere
as the best way to encourage the investment, innovation, and infrastructure needed for a transition to clean energy.
The extra money consumers will pay does not vanish into thin air, however — the key question is, who gets the money? Under some carbon tax proposals, the money would go to the government. Some environmentalists – especially if the revenue is earmarked for green investments like this idea. Other folks, not so much. Fuel taxes are not popular. TheBut there’s another idea that offers a solution to the carbon price conundrum — a carbonA version of such a dividend is already in place in Alaska, and to grasp how carbon dividends would work, it’s worth recalling its history.
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