Talk:Carbon tax

message: First, I am not an active Wikimedia contributor, so I am not familiar with the policies here, and look forwarding to learning about them. However, I have been teaching a course on environmental economics at a local community college (Front Range Community College in Colorado) for over ten years, and have read deeply into this topic. So I would like to suggest that some of the information about how a carbon tax is implemented seems flawed: a carbon tax is not based on emissions. Emissions are caused by burning fossil fuels. A cap and trade program is based on emissions; but a carbon tax is not based on the burning of fossil fuels. Ideally, a carbon tax is paid once, at the point that the fossil fuel enters the economy; in other words, by the first wholesaler that sells the fossil fuel. If you read this page on the Citizen Climate Lobby website, this is explained; see this sentence in the section titled "Pricing Carbon 101: What is Carbon Pricing?": "This fee is based on the metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) the fuel would generate, and it would be assessed at the earliest point of sale into the economy...". 
I do not profess to be an expert on this topic, but given the serious misconception on this policy tool, and the critical importance it is likely to play in public discussion on the topic, I would hope that Wikipedia can correct this here. I would be glad to contribute more references to support this position, if needed.
Best regards, 
Rick Casey
instructor, environmental economics, Front Range Community College  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rickcasey (talk • contribs) 19:25, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Rickcasey, are you still available to help improve this article? It is on our to do list as part of this project. EMsmile (talk) 14:45, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello EMsmile: sorry for the delayed response. Yes, I am available to help improve this article. I will try to use the wikipedia email function to contact you to discuss. Rickcasey (talk) 22:33, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Carbon tax implementation correction 

message: I've removed the further reading section as it's not adding value (outdated anyway).
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thread_title:  Removed further reading section 

message: As part of the Wikipedia:Meetup/SDGs/Communication of environment SDGs project, I’m proposing some minor revisions to this article. This would include revisions to the structure, some content suggestions, and the incorporation of a broader set of references. These suggestions are based on comments from Michael Grubb, convening Lead Author for Chapter 1 of the IPCC AR6 WGIII report.
Organizational issues:
*A new section, dealing with the evolution in practice, the empirical lessons, and those implications would be helpful. It could be located between current Sections 2 (Economic theory) and 3 (Impacts).
*Section 4 (Supporters) should be shortened. 
Other general comments:
*Disciplinary bias.  The article mostly a text of economics, which the general reader may find hard to access.  It doesn’t address much at all the other social science perspectives.
*Lack of balance.  Most of the core text appears to be written by economists advocating carbon taxes – even when it strays into non-economic issues.  In truth, almost every attempt to introduce carbon taxes has encountered severe public (and business) opposition.  And there are plenty of academic articles now charting political opposition (not just of industry …) as the prime challenge.
*Regional bias.  The coverage seems overly focused on the US, with brief nods to the few places that have actually implemented carbon taxes (Scandinavia, British Colombia, others with a range of energy taxation policies).
*Incorporation of a broader set of references. For instance Climate Policy>Carbon Pricing & Emission Trading has a list of excellent recent articles, some of which could be incorporated here.
I will be working to incorporate these suggestions into the article. Dtetta (talk) 21:00, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Dtetta, thanks for that. Just to close the loop, have you in the meantime addressed most/all of these comments? Are there any remaining to-dos that came out of this? Thanks.  EMsmile (talk) 20:44, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: My edits focused on the organizational comments. These dealt with a small number of the sections. The other comments are more general and deal with the overall tone of the article. Additional work is needed to address these. Dtetta (talk) 00:21, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested revisions from IPCC author