The rationing I am talking about is to ration all carbon. Every product would have a carbon footprint including food. You could not buy anything with a carbon footprint with out spending the appropriate carbon credit out of your ration. This would stimulate the production of low carbon footprint products, sustainable products, low carbon energy and transportation. A carbon tax on is not going to get us to the emission levels we need to achieve. The rich will just keep on polluting, they will not feel any pinch from the tax. The middle class will have to make tough decisions about spending on fuel and energy but in the end will cut back some place else to absorb the carbon tax cost. Good luck finding a way to give the poor the proceeds from the tax to offset their increased costs, the rich don’t seem to be inclined to support legislation to give to the poor.

Yes, my idea is not going to get adopted in the current political environment but neither is yours. Yes, a carbon tax is a fine place to start but it is just a first step and we are going to have to have a lot of there steps.

TEK