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Yep, economists largely agree that a carbon tax is an effective strategy

A couple polls of economists (nearly unanimous)

http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-re... http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-re...

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Australia was a good experiment on this and the effects were dramatic, equally dramatic when it was repealed (yes a major piece of legislation was rolled back, which is another problem in itself) http://www.energy.unimelb.edu.au/documents/australia-repeale...

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