Taxing Pollution Welcome! You are encouraged to register with the site and login (for free). When you register, you support the site and your question history is saved.If the city goes on polluting the air at present rates, air quality and visibility over the city will begin to suffer, rainwater may be polluted, and the city will contribute to the global problem of greenhouse emissions. Taxing every polluting commercial establishment per volume of polluted air or per particulate volume of greenhouse emissions will induce businesses to reduce the amount of pollution they emit; this charge will therefore protect the city's air.Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above? Businesses will reduce the amount of pollution they emit by reducing the number of products they build. The tax will not significantly affect the commercial health of most businesses, even if their factories do not reduce the amount of pollution they emit. The tax will not induce businesses to dispose of their greenhouse gas pollution covertly. The quality of the air is an important issue for most of the city's residents. Polluted air could be purified and cleaned of greenhouse gasses through technology installed at company factories at the point of emission. Review Answer