Comments on: Launching the Campaign for Carbon Taxes http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:39:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Komanoff http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-27356 Komanoff Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:34:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/#comment-27356 Dear Bob -- You're right about both slides and I'll get to work fixing them. FYI, Slide 23 is designed to show that the subsidies to the fossil-fuel industry are dwarfed by the implicit subsidy from not taxing carbon emissions. It assumes that $1/gallon of gasoline is a good proxy for the subsidy, though in reality it's almost certainly a good deal higher. See FAQ #9. Slide 24 should be labeled as $ per ton of carbon emitted. Slide 18 gives some sense of the equivalences you're looking for. Dear Pigou Club -- We know you guys well. We plug you at http://www.carbontax.org/who-supports/ under Economists. Take a look. Thanks. Dear Bob --

You're right about both slides and I'll get to work fixing them.

FYI, Slide 23 is designed to show that the subsidies to the fossil-fuel industry are dwarfed by the implicit subsidy from not taxing carbon emissions. It assumes that $1/gallon of gasoline is a good proxy for the subsidy, though in reality it's almost certainly a good deal higher. See FAQ #9.

Slide 24 should be labeled as $ per ton of carbon emitted. Slide 18 gives some sense of the equivalences you're looking for.

Dear Pigou Club --

We know you guys well. We plug you at
http://www.carbontax.org/who-supports/ under
Economists. Take a look. Thanks.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-27329 ddartley Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:18:31 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/#comment-27329 Great work in any case. Will forward to friends. Great work in any case. Will forward to friends.

]]> By: Pigou Club http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-27325 Pigou Club Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:30:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/#comment-27325 Shameless plug: Pigou Club has been fighting for carbon taxation for a while now. We have a lot of heavyweight members (professors of economics). Shameless plug: Pigou Club has been fighting for carbon taxation for a while now. We have a lot of heavyweight members (professors of economics).

]]> By: Bob http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-27312 Bob Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:56:31 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/22/campaigning-for-a-carbon-tax/#comment-27312 Slide 23 is confusing. Slide 24 needs a label. Is this $ per ton of carbon? What is a ton of carbon? Maybe you can show equivalents: How many gallons of gasoline equals one ton? Barrels of oil? Tons of coal? Volume of natural gas. Slide 23 is confusing.
Slide 24 needs a label. Is this $ per ton of carbon?

What is a ton of carbon? Maybe you can show equivalents: How many gallons of gasoline equals one ton? Barrels of oil? Tons of coal? Volume of natural gas.

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