Comments on: Budget 2013 – Three Cheers For The Carbon Tax http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/ Independent Thinking on Public Policy Issues Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:07:34 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: A NEW LOOK AT CARBON TAXES? : BCK LAW, P.C. http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/#comment-106 A NEW LOOK AT CARBON TAXES? : BCK LAW, P.C. Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:14:43 +0000 http://www.publicpolicy.ie/?p=2153#comment-106 [...] more significantly, revenue from environmental taxes has played a crucial role in helping Ireland reduce a daunting deficit by several billion euros each [...]

]]> By: irish environmental taxes – Clear The Air News Blog http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/#comment-105 irish environmental taxes – Clear The Air News Blog Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:20:22 +0000 http://www.publicpolicy.ie/?p=2153#comment-105 [...] more significantly, revenue from environmental taxes has played a crucial role in helping Ireland reduce a daunting deficit by several billion euros each [...]

]]> By: Frank Convery http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/#comment-101 Frank Convery Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:47:19 +0000 http://www.publicpolicy.ie/?p=2153#comment-101 See New York Times on Irish carbon tax at

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/science/earth/in-ireland-carbon-taxes-pay-off.html?hp

]]> By: » Irish Embrace Carbon Tax. Dent the Deficit The Last Dog Watch http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/#comment-100 » Irish Embrace Carbon Tax. Dent the Deficit The Last Dog Watch Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:46:03 +0000 http://www.publicpolicy.ie/?p=2153#comment-100 [...] more significantly, revenue from environmental taxes has played a crucial role in helping Ireland reduce a daunting deficit by several billion euros each [...]

]]> By: frank convery http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/#comment-82 frank convery Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:14:19 +0000 http://www.publicpolicy.ie/?p=2153#comment-82 As regards transport, every increase in price – even if relatively modest – encourages most of us us to assess how much we drive, how we drive, and what we drive. But I agree that the effect of the carbon tax on petrol and diesel prices has been relatively modest compared to the baseline excise duty and the real increase in the cost of the fuel itself. It is a more powerful shaper of behaviour in regard to oil and gas for heat, where the tax adds over 8% to costs, and is an important stimulus to the switch to wood which we observe, especially outside the cities.

]]> By: Peter http://www.publicpolicy.ie/budget-2013-three-cheers-for-the-carbon-tax/#comment-78 Peter Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:26:47 +0000 http://www.publicpolicy.ie/?p=2153#comment-78 carbon tax is just tax, nothing more. it does not change consumption at the current levels. it has nothing to do with the environment.
road diesel went from around one euro to one euro fifty per litre since 2008 so carbon taxation is irrelevant compared to this.

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