Carbon Tax vs. Cap-and-Trade System

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Carbon tax.   Responsiveness to demand is crucial for the normal functioning of any market. With a cap-and-trade system the level of energy demanded by users is replaced by a centrally set cap. (I realize the cap is on pollution but to a great extent the two will continue to be tied together even while the amount of pollution per energy decreases - and no one knows by how much)  I trust a more decentered economic decision making process, and a carbon tax will allow this while still incorporating some measure of the cost of pollution.  Granted a level for the tax must be made and this is a central decision, but it is not a decision so formally restricting as a cap, and the cost mechanism allows greater flexibility to meet the wax and wane of energy needs. 

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None. Mans influence on climate is minimal at most. Temperatures have been going down for the last 20 years or so.

Umm....no.



And do I have to explain the basic greenhouse effect to you?

That chart would suggest it's been going down for the past decade, if you assumed the tail end continued.  Best to use a more up to date chart:
 

But that does suggest it hasn't changed much in the past 10 years.