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Subject: Would a "carbon tax" would benefit the poor ?!
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Speaking of human·induced global warming, Michelle·Steiner wrote:
> Rick Santorum said that the Pope should leave science to scientists
> (with regards to global climate change).  
> There are two problems with this:
> 
> 1.  Something like 95% of scientists who have 
>     any expertise in the subject say that 
>     humanity is a major contributor to global climate change.
> 
> 2.  The Pope is a scientist; he has a Masters degree in chemistry.

Would a "carbon tax" would benefit the poor ?!

Currently, there are about USD $550 billion 
in fossil fuel subsidies annually, worldwide.