Talkback radio provides some reasons listeners don’t agree with a price on carbon
· Some people don’t believe carbon dioxide is a pollutant.
· Some people don’t like the carbon tax because they don’t feel it’s been explained to them how it’s going to work why it’s going to work.
· Some people doubt that it will have any effect on climate change because the carbon we have already emitted will lock in the momentum of climate change for 200 years.
· Some people think we should just legislate against carbon rather than some convoluted tax.
· Some people think polluters will simply pay the tax and then pass on the cost to consumers. There’ll be no obligation to reduce their emissions.
· Some people don’t trust scientists and think they are just in it for the money; and they don’t trust politicians to look after their money either.