{"id":317030,"date":"2024-04-09T19:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=317030"},"modified":"2024-04-09T19:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:25:46","slug":"helter-skelter-climate-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=317030","title":{"rendered":"Helter Skelter Climate\u00a0Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ross McKitrick explains the dangers of making climate policies willy-nilly in his Financial Post article Economists\u2019 letter misses the point about the carbon tax revolt.<\/strong><\/a>  Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, the carbon tax works great in a \u2018first-best\u2019 world where it\u2019s the
only carbon policy. In the real world, carbon policies are piled high.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An open letter<\/a> is circulating online among my economist colleagues aiming to promote sound thinking on carbon taxes.<\/strong> It makes some valid points<\/strong> and will probably get waved around in the House of Commons before long. But<\/strong> it\u2019s conspicuously selective in its focus, to the point of ignoring the main problems with Canadian climate policy as a whole.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EV charging sign Electric-vehicle mandates and subsidies are among the mountain of climate policies that have been piled on top of Canada\u2019s carbon tax. PHOTO BY JOSHUA A. BICKEL\/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a massive pile of boulders blocking the road to efficient policy<\/strong>, including:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n