Best argument for a carbon tax

[erudito]

So we move quicker to a world where nobody else cares what the monotheist barbarians of the Middle East think or want.

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[fizzyland]

And why doesn't it happen?

Because

[erudito]

We have a minority Government and Oppositions always oppose new taxes. (Those of us who remember back to introducing-the-GST days can only point and laugh as the Labor Government complains that the Coalition Opposition is being so mean and unhelpful.)

[thorfinn]

You can delete "of the Middle East" there.

[nigelw]

Unfortunately, I think that even with a petroleum-free society we'd still end up caring what the monotheist barbarians of the north americas thing and want.

[thorfinn]

I'm not too sure about that - the way things are going, China's likely to be the first to develop seriously good clean energy tech, and China and Japan *both* beat out the USA as trading partners for us, by a reasonably large margin.

Got to give it credit

[anonymous]

It might not be the most green argument (ignore the middle east) but from the point of view of getting the right on side, its a good one.