Economists slice, dice carbon tax at forum

f the idea that the battling parties in Congress might get behind a tax on heat-trapping carbon emissions is laughable, the tax's proponents don't get the joke.

It won't be long, they say, before a cash-strapped U.S. government sees that fighting climate change makes economic sense.

So almost every day in Washington, D.C., one think tank or another is discussing the pros and cons of the carbon tax.

Yesterday, it was the nonpartisan Resources for the Future's turn. The think tank hosted a forum on carbon taxes that drew not only the usual assortment of policy analysts and environmentalists, but also Democratic and Republican Capitol Hill staff and industry representatives.

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