Comment Re:Useless Studies (Score 2) 62
People COMPLAIN about the cost, but they do nothing about it. Case in point: pickup trucks are almost never used as pickup trucks. 70+% of people with pickups don't tow with them or use the bed for more than a car trunk could provide. Trucks are enormously expensive and even when gas is expensive, people still buy them.
We had a carbon tax here in BC and I think it worked a bit, but I still saw an enormous number of trucks on the road during that time. People just blame the government and don't change their behaviours much. People that do change were probably already going to.
I don't think that means giving up on carbon taxes; if nothing else, they're a good source of revenue and can be used for other green initiatives. Even if you make them carbon neutral, it's a good way to transfer money from polluters to non-polluters.