I'd love to see a tax on carbon-based fuels structured to auto-rachet up when oil/gas prices dip. This would let us gradually ease in increasing the prices to account for the negative externalities that we should be including in the price.
Darrell Owens @IDoTheThinking
29 Apr 2020
A gas tax makes sense with the dip in oil prices and Berkeley should put one up on the ballot. A rideshare tax is pointless on an industry that's on the verge of total collapse right now. A gas tax is a secure revenue source and is in line with our climate and transpo. goals

Apr 29, 2020 · 10:35 PM UTC

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For example (numbers need tuning!), set the gas tax each week to the larger of: - the tax that makes the post-tax price its 50th percentile over the past 5 years - the smaller of (a) 50th percentile tax *amount* (not %) over the past 5 years or (b) relevant externalities