Word: taxed
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...most efficient and effective way to spur conservation is to raise the cost of fossil fuels. Current prices fail to reflect the very real environmental costs of pumping carbon dioxide into the air. The answer is a tax on CO2 emissions -- or a CO2 user fee, if that is a more palatable term. The fee need not raise a country's overall tax burden; it could be offset by reductions in income taxes or other levies...
...user fee would have benefits beyond forcing a cutback in CO2 emissions. The fuels that generate carbon dioxide also generate other pollutants, like soot, along with nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, the primary causes of acid rain. The CO2 tax would be a powerful incentive for consumers to switch from high-CO2 fuels, such as coal and oil, to power sources that produce less CO2, notably natural gas. When burned, methane generates only half as much CO2 as coal, for example, in producing the same amount of energy...
Obsession was the theme of the trial. Just as Hortense Gabel searched relentlessly for a job for her only daughter, the still attractive Myerson, 64, was obsessed with the fleshy Capasso, who is serving three years in federal prison for income tax evasion. Born in 1945 -- the year Myerson was crowned Miss America -- Capasso came along during Myerson's losing Senate bid in 1980, helped her pay off campaign debts, bought her a Mercedes and a fur coat, and gave her the run of his Long Island mansion. All was seeming paradise until Nancy Capasso found out about Bess...
...Raise the Gasoline Tax...
...gallon of unleaded gasoline, which costs roughly 95 cents, is nearly a third cheaper now than it was eight years ago. When inflation is taken into account, the price decline is closer to 50%. Raising the federal gasoline tax by 50 cents per gal., from 9 cents to 59 cents, over the next five years would renew drivers' interest in fuel conservation...