Stop deliberately misrepresenting the truth and make an actual argument. “It will never happen” is not a logical argument. Clearly, the level of action is below what is needed—but that does not imply it is impossible. The US is the major domino that needs to fall (and has been for decades).
* “As of April 1, 2019, 57 carbon pricing initiatives have been implemented, or are scheduled for implementation. This consists of 28 ETSs, spread across national and subnational jurisdictions, and 29 carbon taxes, primarily implemented on a national level. In total, as of 2019, national and 28 subnational jurisdictions are putting a price on carbon”
* “Of the 185 Parties that have submitted their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, 96—representing 55 percent of global GHG emissions—have stated that they are planning or considering the use of carbon pricing as a tool to meet their commitments.”
Initiatives implemented or scheduled for implementation:
* National ETSs: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Romania, and Slovakia.
* National carbon taxes: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa,
and Ukraine. Both national ETSs and carbon taxes: Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Subnational ETSs: Beijing, California, Chongqing, Connecticut, Delaware, Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Nova Scotia, Québec, Rhode Island, Saitama, Saskatchewan, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Tokyo, Vermont, and Washington State.
* Subnational carbon tax: Prince Edward Island.
* Both subnational ETSs and carbon taxes: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Note that an ETS (emissions trading scheme, aka cap-and-trade), is effectively equivalent to a carbon tax in terms of economic theory, though their implementations obviously differ.
