I agree that as a society, we need to base our economy on a more sustainable footing, which doubtless needs to include some sort of carbon-footprint accounting, whether as a tax or some other mechanism.

Translation of what you wrote: “I’m not going to do the responsible thing unless someone makes me. And no one is ever going to make me. Individuals like me are going to keep buying gasoline cars, and the government will not want to interfere with “the economy”, and a generation or two from now, we’ll be fucked.”

Do you have kids? Do you have The Talk planned yet? “Sorry we ruined the planet for you, but buying nice cars was more important than your future.”