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Gp appears to dislike policy-driven tax hikes which are ineffective at achieving the goal of the policy. See the difference?



Mea culpa. My brain skipped right over the vague anecdote intended to show that it's ineffective. Obviously actual data are needed.

>The 12.9% decrease in British Columbia’s per capita emissions in 2008-2013 compared to 2000-2007 was three-and-a-half times as pronounced as the 3.7% per capita decline for the rest of Canada.

https://www.carbontax.org/blog/2015/12/17/british-columbias-...




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