xnx • 16 hours ago

> That's close to impossible to implement.

For a carbon tax, I think you only need to track imports, and domestic extraction of coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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michpoch • 14 hours ago

„Only” track imports?

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xnx • 13 hours ago

I think customs already tracks this. Smuggling oil and coal into the US at any meaningful scale seems very unlikely.

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michpoch • 6 hours ago

Right, but how do you track carbon in imported goods?

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xnx • 4 hours ago

You don't. We already outsource all kinds of things (pollution, human rights violations) now.