Should your country replace VAT (sales tax) with a tax on non-renewable energy?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed replacing VAT within five years with a tax on domestic and imported non-renewable energy, including energy from oil, gas, coal and nuclear power. The tax would be based on primary energy use, and different energy sources could face different rates. Part of the revenue could support pensions or lower-income households. Supporters argued that the reform would promote renewable energy and reduce energy consumption. Opponents warned that replacing all VAT revenue would require very high and rising energy taxes, placing heavy costs on households and businesses. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.
Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/591.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=591
Vote date: 2015-03-08
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «Replace VAT with an energy tax»
Original German title: Initiative «Energie- statt Mehrwertsteuer»
Swissvotes short-description title: Grünliberaler Vorschlag zur Energiewende erleidet spektakulär Schiffbruch
Original French title: Initiative «Remplacer la TVA par une taxe sur l'énergie»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/19710
Department information (German): https://web.archive.org/web/20150215110742/http://www.efd.admin.ch/dokumentation/gesetzgebung/00573/02778/index.html?lang=de
Department information (French): https://web.archive.org/web/20150308094546/http://www.efd.admin.ch/dokumentation/gesetzgebung/00573/02778/index.html?lang=fr
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTbFZ5jVVPs
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMgKuzY1FU
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20150308.prop_oui_591_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20150308.prop_oui_591_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=591