carbon tax has brought about a long-term, 10-per-cent decline in fuel consumption. In fact, consumption of gasoline and diesel went up — not down — on a per-capita basis from 2008 to 2017. A most basic question is being overlooked: Will a carbon tax cause fewer hydrocarbons to be combusted or won’t it? In 2007, before B.C.’s carbon tax came in, the Honda Civic was the country’s most popular new car. — Stewart Muir, founder and executive director of Resource Works, was business editor and deputy managing editor of The Vancouver Sun when British Columbia implemented its carbon tax.

Source: National Post November 16, 2018 11:33 UTC