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Comment by xnx

3 months 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  3 months ago

„Only” track imports?

  • xnx  3 months ago

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

    • michpoch  3 months ago

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

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