yungfourfour

原帖由 fm9610 於 2008-6-30 23:37 發表
It was 1.40 at ESSO wo? But what is the big deal with $0.024/Litre? It is a $1.2 difference for a full tank of 50 litres. But consider you got $100/person from the government, it will be good for abou ...

er...your hydro, and heat bills will have carbon tax on it too
so redo your math.

yungfourfour

原帖由 fm9610 於 2008-7-2 23:13 發表


even if it is at $0.08, the $100 credit will be good for 25 fill-up or 25 x 50 = 1,250 litre of gas. Consider my car's gas consumption, it should be good for 12,500KM. Haha, I am still ahead by 2,50 ...

You still haven't plug in carbon tax value into your heat/hydro bills? you still believe that $100 is good for a year?

I mean... this policy is totally ineffective as they are trying to buy off carbon credit from normal people!! and the money didn't even go back to sustain/improve the environment.  The carbon tax is revenue-neutral.  It won't really cut off people's demand: unlike income tax, the carbon tax rate is FLAT! so it doesn't actually penalize people who abuse resources/ reward people to conserves on resources: you still pay the same rate.