Should we make laws and create new taxes to slow climate change?

[Starbuck]

It is the scenario that all are afraid of and people are so stupid. I see how a few alarmists on this site have fully indoctrinated those on here who have little education and fully convinced them if they don't do something now they all will die.

Call Pelosi and demand she stops what she is doing as it most certainly will affect our lives.

Let freedom ring once again and denounce those that want to take away our freedom of choice.

I see at least 4 or 5 socialists in the answers to this question. These people obviously do not understand what made this country great or how they get to live in freedom. They want a big central government controlling all facets of life. That isn't freedom and no country has ever blossomed under this sort of rule. Whereas the socialists countries today are moving toward capitalism, we are moving in the opposite direction. These 4 or 5 people are not preaching about AGW, but about their socialist ideologies.

[Gwen]

What exactly do you have against paying for what you use? The environment is for all to use, so what makes you think you're so special that you can damage it without consequence? A user tax makes people aware of the damage they are doing.

Now about that fascism claim. Fascists rarely use taxation to make a population do what they want them to do, they use coercion. They coerce people by using patriotism and fear as a weapon of behaviour control. They inflate the enemy’s capabilities whether that enemy is real or invented. They use threats of being singled out as undesirable and make use of watch lists or no-fly lists. Where have we seen this before?
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[linlyons]

consider love canal.
for years there were no laws on how to dispose of toxic waste.
people that lived there got sick and died.
their kids got sick.
many are still suffering the effects.
in the end, the government bought the entire town and all the houses in it.

so, what would be better?
create laws to regulate what's allowed?
or pay far more later to fix the mess?

i submit that this country has done far too much of the former.
it's about time to start planning ahead.

i do recognize, however, that expecting future planning, is far too much for many folks.
i mean, on average, if you get a college degree, you earn $1,000,000 more in your life time than if you only get through high school.
but there are millions of kids who head out to flip burgers at macDonalds.
go figure.

[JOHNNIE B]

Only if it can be measured very accurate.

[rio]

Taxes are always and will continue to be the easy way out. It involves no thinking on the recipients part. The contributor carries the load whether or not they actually have any principle interest in (just one more) government ploy. It' not about you or me or a global community, but what someone else can do with your money.

[phillipk_1959]

No, Mankind has a limit effect on the climate. Weather control is science fantasy.