While it would be an exaggeration for me to say that I find the concept of carbon taxes fascinating, I do find the concept interesting.

Some believe that implementation of a multi-level global carbon tax would provide a tax base for funding "globalization", etc. My purpose of this thread is not to debate whether that's hogwash or not.

Instead, my interest lies in the CONCEPT of carbon taxes and the level of extremity such taxes could theoretically create. Animals/humans are carbon based life forms that expel carbon dioxide. I've heard proponents of carbon taxing would want to tax farmers on a per cow basis as well as other livestock. I would certainly assume each and every human would be taxed for breathing (seriously).

For those of us that own some amount of ground for planting trees or could fill their dwellings with plants, which would give off oxygen to supplant our carbon dioxide production, you would think that planting a measurable amount of vegetation enough to cancel out the carbon dioxide production would exempt that individual or group from carbon taxation? If I could plant whatever number of trees would be necessary to create the same amount of oxygen that I create in carbon dioxide, I would assume I could tell the carbon taxers to kiss it?

What do others think of global carbon taxing or what have you read or heard about ideas that have been brought forth by proponents of this type of tax? Granted, carbon dioxide is created in industry and in fossil fuel emissions, but I do find it curiously interesting that if taken to the extreme, carbon taxing would also essentially tax someone's very existence/life.

Chris L