CARBON TAX

The Carbon Tax is an initiative to stop the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. The carbon tax is an environmental tax that is levied on the carbon content of feuls. Carbon taxes will make people pay for the amount of carbon that is released into the atmosphere. When fossil feuls and gasoline engines release carbon it is deadly to the atmosphere. The government is trying to reduce the amount of carbon that is being released so they will charge a tax for how ever much carbon is released. The carbon tax is currently in Africa, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Central America, Canada and The United States. Canada has tried to push the carbon tax towards the whole country in 2008 but it was not very popular. In Canada the carbon tax only takes place in Qeubec, British Columbia, and Alberta. The Carbon tax has been in affect in Canada since 2007 and is still in affect in all of these provinces.

I think this is a great way to save the atmosphere from harmful gases. The carbon tax is great because people wont want to pay. Large companies will still burn large amounts of fossil feuls but hopefully this will make the companies reduce the amount of carbon they are releasing. The carbon tax will will reduce the amount of carbon being released in Canada but the large companies can move their factories to countries that do not have the carbon tax and take advantage of their country by polluting and realeasing harmful gases. The Carbon tax will reduce the amount of carbon in countries that have the tax but it will surely increase the amount of carbon in countries that dont have the tax. Overall I think the Carbon tax is good but it should not be a major contributor for reducing carbon emmisions in the world.

references-Wikipedia, carbontax.org, www.cbc.ca.

BY KARAM