At this point, any rational person understands the problem. Ok. We get it.
So how do we fix it? It seems like everyone is focusing on proving that it is caused by humans, but where is the solution?
So how do we fix it? It seems like everyone is focusing on proving that it is caused by humans, but where is the solution?
Collecting money is just a bonus.
It is certainly better than subsidies (because it lets market, not government, to decide on the best solution), although of course for politicians it's easier to create subsidies than taxes.
As for what to do with the collected money, I would suggest lowering other taxes, or just give it to everybody in the same amount.
The best way to short circuit this if you personally profit from behavior with extremely negative long term impacts is to prevent recognition that the bad behavior has those impacts.
This turns out to be so easy to achieve in a free society that a solution to any large scale, long term problem is no solution at all unless it also solves the problem of people not wanting to accept the pain of implementing that solution.
IE, either the solution to global warming must be very desirable in the short term, or we fight a civil war to stamp out dissent against the solution, or the problem happens.