Conservative case for carbon tax

In response to Mr. Szymanski's Aug. 29 contention of "pie in the sky," I hope that he and others will carefully consider the conservative arguments in favor of a price on carbon. The Niskanen Center has published "The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax" which clearly summarizes:

"Costly and economically inefficient command-and-control greenhouse gas regulations are firmly entrenched in law, and there is no plausible scenario in which they can be removed by conservative political force. Even were that not the case, the risks imposed by climate change are real, and a policy of ignoring those risks and hoping for the best is inconsistent with risk management practices conservatives embrace in other, non-climate contexts.

"Conservatives should embrace a carbon tax (a much less costly means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions) in return for elimination of EPA regulatory authority over greenhouse gas emissions, abolition of green energy subsidies and regulatory mandates, and offsetting tax cuts to provide for revenue neutrality."

Greg Hubert

Citizens' Climate Lobby

Naperville