British voters line up behind the truck drivers when protests are launched against hikes in the price of petrol, not least through the introduction of higher energy taxes.

The government needs to encourage conservation, and intervening in the price system namely, through taxes on energy is an efficient way to do it.

In recent years there has been a proliferation of carbon offsetting schemes, specifically designed for individual travellers or for package tours.

But the low price of gas will impede the development of renewable energy sources unless accompanied by subsidies or carbon taxes.

He imposed taxes on the islands, but allowed the Arab governors to continue their rule.

Voters want less spending, not higher taxes.

The imposition of arbitrary taxes is reportedly commonplace.

The US and the UK don t want to weaken their competitive advantage by taxing banks while some other countries do not.

Higher taxes on the rich, while justified, don t come close to solving the deficit crisis.

Most energy and carbon taxes are levied by national governments.

The panel found that expensive, global carbon taxes would be the worst option.

Ideas for carbon taxes run into resistance everywhere.

Then, the French imposed their brilliantly conceived airline tax to create a something called UNITAID, got a bunch of other countries to help.

This is not the only reason why looking more closely at energy and carbon taxes makes sense. The current framework for energy taxation, particularly in Europe, is not sustainable.

Oil and gas companies are taxed 46 percent on income derived from the sale of hydrocarbons and derivative products.

Those items must be returned to Kuwait unconditionally and without the imposition of taxes and duty.

But more spending on these items will require less spending on other things or higher taxes.

Besides, it is more efficient to reward energy conservation rather than to simply penalize energy use.

The economist Barry Eichengreen once explored the imposition of capital levies in the aftermath of World Wars I and II.

For example, the monarch cannot impose and collect new taxes such an action requires the authorisation of an Act of Parliament.

Even a radical about face in US energy policy, with the introduction of energy taxes, would have been possible under the banner of national security.

Foreigners cannot vote for the higher taxes or lower expenditure needed to service the debt.

So higher taxes on property and lower taxes on income would contribute to the creation of a more dynamic, competitive economy.

A feed in tariff subsidizes the low carbon energy source rather than taxing the high carbon energy source.

Several participants expressed their support for innovative sources of development finance, including global taxes.

Tax rates on different fuels vary by more than 50 across the EU, causing major distortions in the single market.

That no tax pledge, and the public attitudes that led Obama to make it, block reasonable policies.

Second, the necessary change in prices would be achieved by taxing energy, using tools that are both practical and efficient. The best option is to build a carbon charge into existing fuel taxes and apply similar charges to coal, natural gas, and other petroleum products.

The allure of such appeals is that a crackdown on others tax avoidance will mean that you personally will pay less in taxes.

His main opponent, Socialist leader François Hollande, would impose higher taxes mainly on the wealthy and the financial sector, but also on big business.

Fears of future wealth taxes could discourage entrepreneurship and lower the saving rate.

Its business leaders will hunker down and try to move their wealth out of the companies they run for fear of high future corporate taxes.

Higher taxes may be justified for other reasons, but are unlikely to solve the problem described.

A well designed tax on oil would also reduce demand, thereby lowering the potential for windfall profits for those who rule or own the ground over the oil deposits.

And green taxes such as on carbon emissions would shift consumption patterns while discouraging energy intensive exports.

Greater reliance should be placed on energy taxes and an effective ETS to deliver all three.

Principles like it is better to tax bad things than good things might suggest imposing environmental taxes.

Higher transactions taxes increase the cost of capital, ultimately lowering investment.

However, the imposition of identical charges on commuters, whose private use of a company car did not exceed 1,000 kilometres per year, would only have resulted in higher taxation of this group, without improving the author's situation.

Indeed, it might be a Nixon in China moment a wealthy politician at the pinnacle of power advocating higher taxes for the rich could change the course of history.

Coalition members could also agree to provide stronger incentives to their own producers, through either more stringent caps on emissions or higher taxes on pollution.

High tax rates on labor together with rigid regulation of hiring and firing make employers extremely reluctant to recruit workers.

Finally, it is often claimed that high CO2 taxes and subsidies for green technology will actually do good, and again Denmark is often taken as an example. After all, it is argued, Denmark has kept its CO2 emissions flat while enjoying 70 economic growth since 1981.

There will be enough resources and prosperity to go around if we convert our economies to renewable energy sources, sustainable agricultural practices, and reasonable taxation of the rich.

By imposing a stiff tax on energy consumption, Europeans would reduce both consumption of energy and its price in world markets, in turn cutting the flow of funds to Russia and Iran.