On 2009-01-08, Tim McNamara > wrote:

> The damage drivers do to the environment from burning fossil fuels is
> based on how much fuel they burn, not on how many miles they drive. A
> "carbon tax" for funding addressing the problems thus created makes
> sense and appropriately places the burden on people who drive
> inefficient gas guzzlers (with apologies to poor folks who can only
> afford cheap, used and generally boat-like cars).

A carbon tax to 'save the environment' makes sense in the same way a
blood sacrifice to the sun god for good crop yields made sense.