(07-01-2020, 06:21 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I'm an "environmentalist" to the point where I try to be a good steward of the land that I own.  As far as "climate change" or "global warming", I don't really believe in it.  The immediate knee-jerk reaction of our resident liberal (mikesez) much like all of the other democrats is to impose a "carbon tax" which solves nothing.  Should I be taxed when I do a controlled burn on my property?  Which is more harmful to our environment?  The burn that I do or not doing it?

Actually, the Democratic Party opposes a carbon tax.
Their mainstream opinion favors cap and trade, like the Kyoto protocol tried to do. And their fringe, now led by AOC, also favors a regulation based scheme, but where the "cap" keeps going down until it's eventually zero.

As to your question, no. The carbon tax would be more like an income tax, where the tax man can ignore the small potatoes.
At about $20 per metric ton, or $0.20 per gallon of gas, your controlled burn is not going to amount to much either way.

It's definitely a worthwhile question to ask if the environment's better off with you doing it versus not doing it. I definitely think the environment is there to serve us and make us comfortable. I definitely think a controlled burn that protects your home and that prevents a future uncontrolled forest fire is a good idea. The problem is the world is going to get less comfortable in the near future if we don't get our carbon emissions under control now.

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