Comments on: More gas tax hot air from Kuhl http://rochesterturning.com/2007/06/06/more-gas-tax-hot-air-from-kuhl/ turning the tide upstate Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sayhar http://rochesterturning.com/2007/06/06/more-gas-tax-hot-air-from-kuhl/#comment-43595 Sayhar Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:37:07 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2007/06/06/more-gas-tax-hot-air-from-kuhl/#comment-43595 You people with cars will get upset at me over this, but the best way to deal with the externality of carbon emissions of gasoline is to internalize the externality by imposing a tax. Al Gore is calling for a Carbon Tax, which is the ideal. In terms of gas, however, the best way to 1. Spur investment in alternative fuels/efficiency 2. Discourage wasteful use of gasoline is a Gas Tax. A Pigovian tax, if you will. Read more <a href="http://www.pigouclub.com/" rel="nofollow">here </a>and <a href="http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/10/pigou-club-manifesto.html" rel="nofollow">here </a> You people with cars will get upset at me over this, but the best way to deal with the externality of carbon emissions of gasoline is to internalize the externality by imposing a tax. Al Gore is calling for a Carbon Tax, which is the ideal.

In terms of gas, however, the best way to
1. Spur investment in alternative fuels/efficiency
2. Discourage wasteful use of gasoline
is a Gas Tax. A Pigovian tax, if you will.

Read more here and here

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