Whatever Rokke is fearful about constitutes "a present-day emergency" in his mind, which means that "we must use every tool at our disposal to combat it," including by forcing Americans to spend $10 per gallon of gas just to live.
Like the rest of the climate lunatics, Rokke is convinced that carbon, the basis of all life on earth, is evil and must be eradicated. This includes carbon dioxide (CO2), an element that plants need in order to live.
In Rokke's mind, the "social cost of carbon" is simply too high to allow Americans to continue spending any less than $10 per gallon of gas. Higher gas prices, according to Rokke, will cure global warming.
As part of his argument, Rokke cited some bogus study that claims, without any evidence, that a "1°C warming reduces world GDP by 12%." Since Rokke believes that carbon contributes to warming, he wants everyone who drives a car to be punished.
Rokke says that the "real social cost" of carbon is "approximately $9 per U.S. gallon." To implement that cost "would more than double current prices," he admits.
"This would be deeply unpopular, yet it's a sobering reality: fuel taxation is the only area where we're even close to covering the full social cost of carbon emissions," Rokke writes.
As usual, Rokke also threw in a few tidbits about how the "vulnerable" and people with the "least resources" will be most punished by $10 per gallon gas while the rich will not even notice the change except that perhaps there will be a lot fewer poor people on America's roadways, leaving plenty of room for the rich and famous to rule everything.
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