Forbes: For years, the notion of building the price of carbon emissions into the real-world economy via a carbon tax has been a controversial issue, as many new taxes tend to be. Earlier this month, fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil surprised many by lobbying for a revenue neutral carbon tax.
But the debate rages on, with many preferring to use the carrot of increased energy subsidies over the stick of a carbon tax.
Recently Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk discussed both subsidies and a carbon tax while...