Carbon Tax is a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels, a kind

of carbon pricing. Carbon is present in every hydrocarbon fuel and

releases CO2 when combusted. This fee is intended to make users of
fossil fuels pay for the damage the fossil fuels have on the
environment. This would motivate users to switch to a cleaner
alternative for energy that is renewable and green compared to that of
fossil fuels. Carbon Tax offers social and economic benefits as it
would increase revenue without altering the economy while
simultaneously promoting other fundamentals of climate change
policy.
The main fossil fuels consist of coal, oil and natural gas, out of
which, natural gas has the highest hydrogen per carbon ratio making it
the least carbon intensive fuel, while coal is the most intensive. When
these fuels are burned, CO2 is released into the atmosphere and
remain local there, trapping and re-radiating the heat from the sun
onto Earths surface causing global warming, this is know as
greenhouse effect.
Today, we know what the carbon content of each fossil fuel is,
from lignite coal to petroleum products, therefore, we can precisely

charge each carbon based product according to their impact on the

Earth, making Carbon Tax a legitimate proposal for the future of the
US. Many countries have already implemented some sort of carbon
tax or energy tax, however, the main producers of carbon emissions
are the US, Russia and China, all whom have rejected the carbon tax
idea due to profit complications and government corruption.
This ties into my theme because Carbon Taxing could be the
solution to climate change. Although Carbon Taxes cant primarily
change the effects of global warming, it could prevent further
degradation of the Earths climate. This could lead to positive growth
for Earths ozone, allowing for ozone to re-form in areas with high
deviations leading to an optimistic future for global warming. This
wouldnt only effect developed countries but would allow for redistribution of natural resources among the Earths surface permitting
indigenous peoples such as the Warlpiri, to have a hopeful future
where developed countries would no longer intrude on aboriginal
habitats. This would allow for the indigenous people to return to a
normal lifestyle where they would no longer have to compete with
western societies for natural resources.