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OT - new carbon tax 4-Mar-2011 At 11:50:59 AM gordoste

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I think he was being sceptical about whether the tax would reduce carbon output.

I don't think it will actually reduce carbon output on global scale, but our aim should be to ensure China and India. As everybody knows, those are the countries that will drive carbon emissions in the coming decades and if China and Europe both put pressure on the U.S. it will be very hard for them to resist doing anything.
If we don't do anything, China and India can say "We are devoting our resources to improve our people's quality of life, and fully developed countries like Australia who use much more carbon per person aren't doing anything. Why should we?" If we take strong steps then our chances of getting India and China to do something are much improved.