Carbon Tax

The trouble I see with Carbon Tax is that it is an unpopular choice for politicians.

Existing examples
The tax, which rose from 10 Canadian dollars per ton of carbon dioxide in 2008 to 30 dollars by 2012, the equivalent of about $22.20 in current United States dollars, reduced emissions by 5 to 15 percent with “negligible effects on aggregate economic performance. ''It encouraged people to drive somewhat less and be more careful about heating and cooling their homes. Businesses invested in energy efficiency measures and switched to less polluting fuels.''
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_carbon_tax
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/business/does-a-carbon-tax-work-ask-british-columbia.html

That would create a clear incentive for businesses and consumers to use less fuel, invest in efficiency and switch to cleaner energy.


 * https://thehill.com/social-tags/carbon-tax - decent collection of articles about Carbon Tax
 * https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/State-Measures-Initiative-Measure-No-1631-Initiative-Measure-No-1631-concerns-pollution.html - recent vote about Carbon Tax in Washington

I will remain loyal to my free market economy view - price on carbon, price on water, removing subsidies for polluting stuff (meat and diary)

Genesis block

 * http://climate.globalforestwatch.org/map/4/-10.91/-45.46/ALL/dark/biomass_loss?begin=2001-11-10&end=2018-01-01&threshold=30
 * https://www.climatewatchdata.org/countries/BRA?source=32
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee_and_dividend
 * https://citizensclimatelobby.org/basics-carbon-fee-dividend/
 * https://www.clcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Treasury_Analysis.pdf
 * https://www.clcouncil.org/media/Exceeding-Paris.pdf
 * https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-largest-co2-importers-exporters

''China and India have both seen dramatic increases in emissions since 1990. Despite the massive expansion of exports, particularly from China, their emissions are still mostly due to domestic consumption. China’s production emissions have increased by 430%, while their consumption emissions have increased by a slightly lower 400%. Similarly, India’s production emissions have increased by 349% and their consumption emissions by 319%.''

I've heard that existing CO2 quotas were established in 1990.

Establish a fair baseline
We have to do better than that:


 * 1990 levels (30% weight)
 * population
 * GDP
 * land area
 * fossil fuels imports / exports

Adjustment factor
It may happen that hard data does not reflect real life reality.

It may happen there was a natural cataclysm and the country is in the state of repair and may need priorities.

Economic fairness adjustment factor - I'm OK for +-20% modifier for some economically deprived countries, money invested that way goes directly to CO2 reductions.

Data sources

 * http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=CO2ts1990-2013

Equation
Gradual decrease to net zero by ____ (insert realistic year here), each year the allowance goes down by 15% (insert something achievable).

Measuring CO2
https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/15774/what-are-the-technical-solutions-to-measure-ceco2-emissions