‘Eating people is wrong’ is a statement which most people will support and most will adhere to; ‘taxing renewable energies is wrong’ sounds equally right for most people.
Many governments subsidise such renewable resources as biomass, solar and wind energy. Yet human labour – work – is another renewable resource which, when intelligently used, has traditionally been taxed in most countries, but when wasted, is supported by social welfare.
A need for appropriate sustainable taxation