I think the tax would be a good idea - Europe has been paying in that range for decades.
It would create economic unrest - which is why a practical solution would be to incrementally increase the tax over the next 10 years, so people could get rid of their Hummers, and smaller used cars could trickle down to the working poor.
The hard part would be holding to using the tax money for energy programs - Congress has a long-standing habit of quietly re-appropriating money for other purposes.
We'd also, unless there's a short-term fusion breathrough, have to come to terms with nuclear power from a sane, reasonable standpoint. I'm not sure that's ever going to happen in the United States. Both sides tend to get more than a little hysterical.
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It would create economic unrest - which is why a practical solution would be to incrementally increase the tax over the next 10 years, so people could get rid of their Hummers, and smaller used cars could trickle down to the working poor.
The hard part would be holding to using the tax money for energy programs - Congress has a long-standing habit of quietly re-appropriating money for other purposes.
We'd also, unless there's a short-term fusion breathrough, have to come to terms with nuclear power from a sane, reasonable standpoint. I'm not sure that's ever going to happen in the United States. Both sides tend to get more than a little hysterical.
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