Climate change killed off the dinosaurs? Tell us, what else do you know about the dinosaurs?
I'll bet my hat that the foot stampers here are totally blowing the consequences of this tax out of proportion.
Unlike the GST, if I don't want to pay this tax I just have to buy products that are made in more environmentally-conscious ways. 21st century folks... people have been getting their energy from burning stuff for hundreds of years, time for a less primitive solution.
By the way, yes plants do photosynthesise carbon dioxide but what happens when you cut all the plants down and burn them? All the carbon in the plants just disappears, does it?