What's With Carbon Tax?

       Would you please tell me why it is that we can't have a carbon tax in America? The advantages would be enormous. It could be the answer to the fiscal cliff and yet conservatives seem to be dead set against it. Do you suppose they think that if they supported the idea of a carbon tax, people might think they believe in global warming?
       I just read an article in the New York Times about Ireland. They had the highest carbon footprint in all of Europe, nearly as high as America. Doesn't that maker you proud? Then they decided to place a tax on carbon. Guess what? It's working. It's working really great. The article pointed out that even Mercedes figured out a way to build big, powerful cars with low emissions rates like the small cars.
       Now, just because the Irish can do this sort of thing doesn't mean that Americans should, right? After all, creating new technology and the jobs that goes with those innovations is no reason to desert such old friends ac coal, oil and natural gas. Hey, even burning wood helps create heat. Just because it also creates lots of smoke and carbon is no reason to abandon these old trusty energy sources.
       And as long as we're talking about it, this whole thing on global warming is just another gimmick to get people to put windmills in their front yards and solar collectors on their roofs. It's all about tree huggers trying to hug polar bears and icebergs. It's crazy talk.
       Now if you ask me, we don't need a tax on carbon, all we need to do is eliminate food stamps and Obamacare and our problems will be solved. See the problem is that if you tax carbon, then people would stop using carbon. What would we do with all those oil wells and coal mines. And if people stopped using carbon, there goes our tax revenue, right?