Carbon Floor Tax
First a government can levy a carbon tax on the distribution sale or use of fossil fuels based on their carbon content.
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The price floor consists of two components which are paid for by energy generators in two different ways. A tax point the point at which tax becomes due is created when a quantity of a cps rate commodity is brought onto or arrives at. The cpf taxes fossil fuels used to generate electricity via carbon price support rates set under the climate change levy.
This has the effect of increasing the cost of those fuels and the goods or services created with them encouraging businesses and individuals to switch to less carbon intensive production and consumption.