A carbon tax is just so sensible | Letters Hereâs what readers are saying in Thursdayâs letters to the editor. Â Â A Tesla charges at a station in Topeka, Kan., on Monday. President Joe Biden and the auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but his big plan includes no carbon tax. [ ORLIN WAGNER | AP ] Published 5 hours ago | Editorial, April 6 A carbon tax on emissions is so fair, sensible and consensual that it raises this obvious question: Why did the Biden administration omit it from its colossal plans? The answer is unfortunately simple. They think they can pick the best remedy. We are trapped between climate change deniers and solution deniers. The level playing field created by a carbon tax would free us from the present myopia, which has unduly and prematurely limited our solution set. The best remedies may still be in the back of someoneâs mind. Certainly, our short list of solar and wind needs expansion. Some alternatives hardly get mentioned, others are pariahs, both presumably lacking for lobbyists. The last time government showed similar presumption, it backed the wrong horse(-less carriage). More than a century ago, in 1900, electric vehicles represented 38 percent of the market. Uncle Sam favored via the internal combustion engine with tax breaks, subsidies and regulation. Today, EVs are 2 percent.