10多年前，克林顿总统的首任财长劳埃德·本特森曾试图达到这个目标，提议设立"BTU税收"来解决美国的财政赤字。
A little more than a decade ago, Lloyd Bentsen, President Bill Clinton's first Treasury Secretary, tried to ensure precisely that, proposing to use a "BTU tax" to close America's fiscal deficit.