[Terrapreta] Carbon tax

[lou gold]

Well, I see now that the carbon tax is discussed in Folke's slideshow.

But I can't get any audio with it. Does anyone know what the problem might
be?

Thanks,

lou

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:17 AM, lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,In Gore's TED Talk, there was a brief mention of replacing the
> income tax with a carbon tax. I know (as we say) "zip" about this, *nada*!
> So I googled it and the following (below) was the first item to appear.
> Could be another positive thought to throw into our discourse, so here it
> is...
>
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> BC brings in revenue-neutral carbon tax
> February 27, 2008 10:36 PM   The revenue-neutral carbon tax: an idea whose
> time has come? The British Columbia government has just introduced a carbon
> tax<http://origin.www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/02/19/bc-provincial-budget.html>,
> starting at $10/tonne in July 2008 and rising to $30/tonne in 2012. All
> revenues from the tax (close to $2 billion over three years) will be
> returned to taxpayers in the form of income tax cuts, reducing income and
> corporate taxes to the lowest levels in Canada. Details<http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2008/bfp/default.html#5>from the BC budget. Globe
> and Mail<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080223.wbc-carbon23/BNStory/National>.
>
>
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>
> What an interesting world we are entering!!!!!!
>
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