The Carbon Tax is not some socialist conspiracy to redistribute wealth, it is designed to discourage use of carbon-intensive energy sources.
Rather than legislating to slow carbon usage, increasing the price will discourage it less directly and encourage the development of alternatives.
What utter
BS. How does a tax encourage a company to INVEST in the development of cleaner/greener/whatever technology
If the government are serious about cleaning up carbon, then THEY should be investing or providing INCENTIVES rather than imposing taxes. It takes money to develop new technologies, which means being profitable in the first place... the more tax they impose the less likely that is to happen.
All the carbon tax will achieve is that it taxes companies (the so called rich), and provides hand outs to the poor (sorry, low income earners). If companies are not able to pass the tax on the the consumer (exporters like myself), we have to wear the costs.. less profit = less jobs = no investment in new technologies. It just doesn't add up. All this tax will do is ruin an already struggling (despite what juliar & co say) economy and make Australia businesses noncompetitive in the world market (say goodbye to any manufacturing).
And lets not forget exactly what the impact on the environment this tax will have.... 0.00000000000% of bugger all. Indonesia emits more CO2 from the deforested peat bogs every day that Australia does in 1 year.
(to keep this aviation related, the carbon tax will ruin general aviation too!)
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