Asks Quote by Tony Abbott

If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax.

— Tony Abbott

We're talking about should we increase taxes? Why not put a tax on carbon emissions. It would raise a lot of money, it would…

— Robert F. Engle

The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

— Elon Musk

We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can't take…

— Christy Clark

If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.

— Richard Rogers

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

— Tyler Cowen

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

— David Suzuki

I say just put a big fat tax on carbon.

— Jose Angel Gurria

hy is it you can impose a new tax and keep your economy growing? Only if you cut other taxes by exactly the same…

— Christy Clark

If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of…

— Julia Gillard

If the carbon tax really was about saving the world, we would presume the largest industrial emitters of carbon would have to pay it.

— Pierre Poilievre

I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.

— T. Boone Pickens