RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:this is exactly WHY Goldboro LNG is needed...Just for the record: I doubt carbon tax would survive in the u.s for more that 2-4 years.
Carbon tax will increase inflation (by quite a bit both directly and indirectly) and will
create an arbitrage of manufacturing to the countries who are not subject to those
regulations (hence, just increase long distance shipping volumes and not solve any
problem). there is a much more nuenced discussion to be had about the environment
and the technology that is needed to decompose plastics quickly and how to reduce
the volume of plastic. renewable energy is another discussion about the r&d investments
that are needed to reach the point where nuclear power will not be the only baseload
non fossil economically viable alternative. those are important topics that are not
addressed by short term politicians.