Let's just say, for grins, that air pollution through the release of CO2 is one of the major drivers in the speed of Climate Change. Shouldn't the people that actually put out the stuff pay for it?

I am not happy that DOE and Inslee essentially lied about the cost of the tax but I, as a consumer of gasoline, put that **it into the air. And if I drive/use gas guzzlers I put more in than a quiche-eating EV driver. Shouldn't I pay more for the amount of pollution I cause?

One of the hallmarks of this state's wastewater discharge permits is that the polluter pays. Well, actually, polluting businesses pay while municipalities get subsidized by business but that's another argument. Why not for air, too?