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> A domestic energy tax would make local manufacturing uncompetitive

That's what tariffs are for? Products from countries that don't tax carbon could just get a carbon tariff added on import.



Destroys the countries export potential to countries that don't have a carbon tax or are willing to import from countries that don't.


Great point. This would be great for a net importer country like the US. Germany (net exporter) wants their goods competitive abroad.

On the other hand, if the US and other high-consumption countries collaborated on this it would probably be effective.

Like I said, I go back and forth on it. Or better put, I think both approaches are valid albeit with big implementation challenges.


> This would be great for a net importer country like the US. Germany (net exporter) wants their goods competitive abroad.

Ironically, Germany has a fuel tax https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/energiestg/__2.html that is 4 times as high as that of California https://www.foxla.com/news/californias-gas-tax-goes-up-july-... , which apparently has the highest fuel tax in the US.




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