Comments on: British Columbia Begins Taxing Carbon http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/01/british-columbia-begins-taxing-carbon/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Environment a Tough Sell for Liberals in Canadian Election : Red, Green, and Blue http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/01/british-columbia-begins-taxing-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-10929 Environment a Tough Sell for Liberals in Canadian Election : Red, Green, and Blue Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:19:26 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=394#comment-10929 [...] Certain to take notice was British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, who heads into an election of his own in the spring having to defend an unpopular carbon tax. [...] [...] Certain to take notice was British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, who heads into an election of his own in the spring having to defend an unpopular carbon tax. [...]

]]> By: Former Logger Protects 16 Million Acres in Northern Canada : Planetsave http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/01/british-columbia-begins-taxing-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-10828 Former Logger Protects 16 Million Acres in Northern Canada : Planetsave Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:49:03 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=394#comment-10828 [...] the early 1990’s, the government of British Columbia came under pressure to make a final decision on how to manage the province’s resources.  [...] [...] the early 1990’s, the government of British Columbia came under pressure to make a final decision on how to manage the province’s resources.  [...]

]]> By: rick http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/01/british-columbia-begins-taxing-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3681 rick Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:19:40 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=394#comment-3681 If BC taxes CO2 at $30 per ton in 2012, this figure is comparable to estimates that CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere in a few years for between $30 and $50 per ton. It would only be fair if the government also paid people $30 per ton for removing CO2 from the atmosphere. If BC taxes CO2 at $30 per ton in 2012, this figure is comparable to estimates that CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere in a few years for between $30 and $50 per ton.

It would only be fair if the government also paid people $30 per ton for removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

]]> By: Daryl http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/07/01/british-columbia-begins-taxing-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3646 Daryl Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:29:23 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=394#comment-3646 "Suddenly, it’s being viewed as a financial burden in a way it wasn’t before. Now, combined with the current price of gas, the tax is forcing people to seriously contemplate changing their emissions-producing ways, which is precisely what it was intended to do." Actually the price of Oil is doing what the Carbon Tax intended to do and the tax, if energy costs were what they were at the beginning of the year, would have not have been a burden, but now is just adding fuel to the fire. The problem is this is the first step in a two step plan to raise the price of everything. We have Cap and Trade coming in the fall courtesy of the Western Climate Initiative to further punish BC Business and there is no revenue nuetral plan for that. I have commented and blogged about this tax since the beginning of the year and even created a simulation of the effect of regional reductions and overall tax burdens based on neutral revenue tax policy. The results clearly show a shifting of tax burden onto regional areas and penalizing of rural communities, especially satellite cities around population centers. If we all use less, we pay more income tax (Revenue Nuetral), the return is not 1=1 on the taxpayer level and has no regional application formula. Northern BC is 30C cooler in the winter then the South Coast. Additionally any program deemed to be of social benefit can count in nuetrality. With the economy starting to wane, the low income home heating and energy subsidies will eat through the first year carbon tax revenue by February. The Government will have to decide if the carbon tax goes up faster ( clearly set as an option in the budget ) to meet this social progam demand or that Income taxes go up to meet the threat of budgetary deficit. Take a look at the Federal Liberal Party "Green Shift" plan and you will see it has some of the regional shortfalls I discussed here addressed, but still works to simply fund social programs. "Suddenly, it’s being viewed as a financial burden in a way it wasn’t before. Now, combined with the current price of gas, the tax is forcing people to seriously contemplate changing their emissions-producing ways, which is precisely what it was intended to do."

Actually the price of Oil is doing what the Carbon Tax intended to do and the tax, if energy costs were what they were at the beginning of the year, would have not have been a burden, but now is just adding fuel to the fire.

The problem is this is the first step in a two step plan to raise the price of everything.

We have Cap and Trade coming in the fall courtesy of the Western Climate Initiative to further punish BC Business and there is no revenue nuetral plan for that. I have commented and blogged about this tax since the beginning of the year and even created a simulation of the effect of regional reductions and overall tax burdens based on neutral revenue tax policy. The results clearly show a shifting of tax burden onto regional areas and penalizing of rural communities, especially satellite cities around population centers.

If we all use less, we pay more income tax (Revenue Nuetral), the return is not 1=1 on the taxpayer level and has no regional application formula. Northern BC is 30C cooler in the winter then the South Coast. Additionally any program deemed to be of social benefit can count in nuetrality. With the economy starting to wane, the low income home heating and energy subsidies will eat through the first year carbon tax revenue by February.

The Government will have to decide if the carbon tax goes up faster ( clearly set as an option in the budget ) to meet this social progam demand or that Income taxes go up to meet the threat of budgetary deficit.

Take a look at the Federal Liberal Party "Green Shift" plan and you will see it has some of the regional shortfalls I discussed here addressed, but still works to simply fund social programs.

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