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> apply border adjustments to imported goods based on their carbon footprint The original question was how to find out the carbon footprint of goods.
by edflsafoiewq 6y ago
> apply border adjustments to imported goods based on their carbon footprint
The original question was how to find out the carbon footprint of goods.
- mac01021 6y agoThat is true. But finding out those numbers is a much bigger problem for you or I than it is for a national government that can dedicate full-time research staff to producing sensible estimates. So a benefit of this policy is that environmentally conscious private citizens no longer need to feebly grapple with such questions. You and I just optimize for personal expense and our own happiness while computing the carbon footprints of various things is the responsibility of institutions that actually have the resources to do it.
- redisman 6y agoIf a company is trying to obfuscate you could just have a high base rate you apply to them until they pass an audit to prove that they have an actually low footprint.