Hank: US Republicans won't vote for carbon pricing, so without every Democrat there will be no carbon tax (2021)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: repeated (2022-08-12) · owner: Hank
In August 2021 Hank predicted that, with Republicans unwilling to vote for carbon pricing, the US would get no carbon tax without every Democrat's vote. A year later, explaining the 2022 climate bill, he repeated that simply making fossil fuels more expensive was not going to happen.
Told alongside: Hank: the US may soon pass a climate bill that measurably reduces emissions on a fairly tight time scale (2022)
About: Democratic Party, carbon tax, United States
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-13 | predicted | In the US the right will not vote for any of this, so without every Democrat's vote there will be no carbon tax. | How We Fix the Climate 00:12:10 |
| 2022-08-12 | repeated | Asked why not just make fossil fuels more expensive, Hank answers with the Mean Girls line that it is not going to happen. | The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? 00:13:03 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate — Hank: A straightforward carbon tax has had fairly bipartisan support from the center, where market-based solutions appeal, though people further right or left dislike it. — 00:05:21
- 2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate — Hank: A carbon tax charges fossil fuels as they enter the economy for their future cost (say $50 a ton); Hank calls it by far the simplest option: easy to regulate, flat, hard to lobby, and spurring alternatives. — 00:05:50
- 2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate — Hank: Revenue can fund decarbonization, but since nobody likes a tax raising heating and commuting costs, the more favoured plan is the carbon fee and dividend: everyone gets the same check. — 00:06:19
- 2022-08-12 · The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? — Hank: An ex-ExxonMobil lobbyist was caught on video saying nobody will propose a tax on all Americans, so backing a carbon tax is just a talking point. — 00:13:03