tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931673827389297727.post6305139935509300243..comments2023-10-26T21:52:30.414+10:30Comments on Dr Robert Muller - The Zeitgeist is Changing: Why Are Carbon Footprints So Much Lower in Denmark?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931673827389297727.post-2377252542730878322012-08-15T11:49:59.416+09:302012-08-15T11:49:59.416+09:30Hi Anonymous, thanks for your comment. I actually ...Hi Anonymous, thanks for your comment. I actually think you have come up with an excellent idea. It works in another way as well - as products get older, they get less efficient resulting in higher carbon output. An excellent idea. Let's get this conversation going readers! Any further comments?Dr Robert Mullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11738753267033257438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931673827389297727.post-76959181172986060792012-08-15T00:58:03.436+09:302012-08-15T00:58:03.436+09:30We could change our carbon footprint by taxing car...We could change our carbon footprint by taxing carbon or carbon dioxide. The crucial piece is to implement a tax gradually. No one would support a sudden tax that penalizes the poor. However, a tax scaled to grow gradually over the lifetime of major items (cars, factories, houses) - that is, over 20 to 40 years, would establish a goal that would foster more focused technology improvement while at the same time setting a vision that we as a poeple could adopt. As an example, increasing the tax on gasoline by ten cents per year for 20 years would bring us much closer to the world gasoline tax rate in steps that would hardly be noticed in any yone year but would eventually improve fleet gas economy significantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com