[Terrapreta] Carbon tax

[Greg and April]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Joyner" <jimstoy at dtccom.net>
To: "terra pretta group" <Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:55
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Carbon tax



>
> Yes, this will drive up the price of petro products, and only the most
> valuable of those products will continue to be used. But, what is so
> equitable about doing this (the way it was done for centuries in equity)
> is that everyone is then paying (not subsidizing) the real cost of what
> they are using, i.e., they are paying the cost to keep environment they
> way it was. And, we won't be a the mercy of some beaucrat or regulatory
> agency that is in businesses back pocket (I think they call them
> "captured agencies -- like the FDA, FTC, SEC . . .)
>

Did you ever consider that each time the cost of petro products go up, there 
is a cascade effect that:

1)    Drives up the cost of food ( it has to be delivered to market ).
2)    Drives up the cost of most consumer goods ( they too, have to be 
delivered to the stores ).
3)    Drives up the cost of even safe water coming into the home ( most 
water from municipal utilities is moved about by pumps that derive their 
power from petro products ).
4)    Drives up the cost of the mail ( and other delivery services like UPS, 
Fed Ex. and the like )
5)    Drives up the cost of living due to effects of 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Which in turn drives necessary wage increases, which starts the process all 
over again.


I know I have.    I see it time and again, in different forms.


Where does the cycle stop?


Look at the cost of living in L.A. Cali if you want a small example of what 
it could be.



In order to keep things from getting to out of control, there has to be 
limits, and unfortunately that's were the law's and all that other stuff 
comes in.

Just keep those things in mind, and figure out how to deal with them, when 
thinking about taxing petro products.


Greg H.