Carbon Tax and How it affects you (3)

May 29, 2013 4:45 AM CST Carbon Tax and How it affects you
wash2u
wash2uwash2uMelbourne, Victoria Australia79 Threads 1 Polls 3,768 Posts
I have just read where the Carbon Tax has increased the street lighting bill in my local area by $650,000. Add to that over $1 million Carbon Tax costs for other things. Means that my Council Rates are going to rise by 7.3% instead of the 4.3% they would have provided.

My gas, electricity and fuel bills are also hit by Carbon Tax. And GSt on top of that.

Australia going "Green" is costing me personally.

But there is an upside to this. Australia contributes less than 1% of total world Carbon emissions. A small start but who knows where we will be if everyone else follows.
May 29, 2013 4:49 AM CST Carbon Tax and How it affects you
tonyxf
tonyxftonyxfwerribee, Victoria Australia2 Threads 4,525 Posts
wash2u: I have just read where the Carbon Tax has increased the street lighting bill in my local area by $650,000. Add to that over $1 million Carbon Tax costs for other things. Means that my Council Rates are going to rise by 7.3% instead of the 4.3% they would have provided.

My gas, electricity and fuel bills are also hit by Carbon Tax. And GSt on top of that.

Australia going "Green" is costing me personally.

But there is an upside to this. Australia contributes less than 1% of total world Carbon emissions. A small start but who knows where we will be if everyone else follows.
So all this extra cash being collected, when are we going green, in 50 yrs time when its too late?
May 29, 2013 4:54 AM CST Carbon Tax and How it affects you
Obscuritan
ObscuritanObscuritanMelbourne, Victoria Australia37 Threads 3 Polls 1,284 Posts
wash2u: I have just read where the Carbon Tax has increased the street lighting bill in my local area by $650,000. Add to that over $1 million Carbon Tax costs for other things. Means that my Council Rates are going to rise by 7.3% instead of the 4.3% they would have provided.

My gas, electricity and fuel bills are also hit by Carbon Tax. And GSt on top of that.

Australia going "Green" is costing me personally.

But there is an upside to this. Australia contributes less than 1% of total world Carbon emissions. A small start but who knows where we will be if everyone else follows.


Yeah, except we didn't start. We're following other countries that have been trialling it in one form or another.
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