The government should offer tax breaks for companies that invest into new greener technologies ON THEIR OWN. Explicity taxing everyone will break down the economic structure that builds businesses. If there was a demand for less efficeint energy, it would exist, but there isn't, because it's less efficient. We still need carbon emissions to make other energy sources a reality. And by reality I mean cost effective in the energy produced vs. the energy and cost needed to produce it. All the feel goodedness in the world about reducing emissions and CO2 doesn't change basic economics and this plan will be a disaster because it forces people to comply even when it doesn't make sense.