Comments on: Safety Valves Won’t Make Us Safer http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/02/safety-valves-wont-make-us-safer/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:35:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TruePath http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/02/safety-valves-wont-make-us-safer/#comment-68317 TruePath Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:57:26 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/02/safety-valves-wont-make-us-safer/#comment-68317 Presumably the reason not to implement a carbon tax is the same as it's always been: political pressure. In cap-and-trade congress can give away permits to established interests while that's much more difficult under a carbon tax so powerful industries resist. --- As far as borrowing carbon credits I would be greatly worried about political interference. Congress can cause the market to collapse or boom at any time by changing the number of permits it plans to release and under a cap and trade congress needs to do this kind of adjusting. Presumably the reason not to implement a carbon tax is the same as it’s always been: political pressure. In cap-and-trade congress can give away permits to established interests while that’s much more difficult under a carbon tax so powerful industries resist.

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As far as borrowing carbon credits I would be greatly worried about political interference. Congress can cause the market to collapse or boom at any time by changing the number of permits it plans to release and under a cap and trade congress needs to do this kind of adjusting.

]]> By: J http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/02/safety-valves-wont-make-us-safer/#comment-12534 J Tue, 13 May 2008 08:03:20 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/02/safety-valves-wont-make-us-safer/#comment-12534 Question: If safety-valves are a round-about way of setting the carbon price through policy, why not just implement a much more expedient carbon tax? Question: If safety-valves are a round-about way of setting the carbon price through policy, why not just implement a much more expedient carbon tax?

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