“We pay a price for burning fossil fuels that isn’t reflected in the market: **it has a cost in the form of climate change** (which we and future generations will have to pay for), **and other impacts such as air pollution** which already kills millions every year. The purpose of a carbon tax is to even this playing field, to rebalance the market so that we start paying our dues. ([Location 1828](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1828))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[systems-thinking]], [[economics]], [[carbon-price]], [[climate-change]], [[fossil-fuels]], [[cost-of-goods-sold]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]