What this amounts to is that this tax which is intended to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions may actually just be a load of policy hot air. Considering that the government will subsidise the initial implementation of the carbon tax, what the full effects of the Bill will be remain to be seen. Perhaps it is not the right time, or perhaps it is cowardice, but as usual, the tough questions and answers are too tough to deal with right now and are being kicked down the line.