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We should price in the externality where it is caused. I don't think raising a child emits any CO2 by itself. If we price in the emissions where they happen it
by tjader 5y ago
We should price in the externality where it is caused. I don't think raising a child emits any CO2 by itself.
If we price in the emissions where they happen it will be priced in for all consumers of the products that cause them.
- phdelightful 5y agoI want a small discount for sequestering carbon in my child's body mass for several decades!
- tshaddox 5y agoThe average adult human contains what, like 30 pounds of carbon? That's very little money according to the carbon offset prices I have seen.
- pzo 5y agoYou have to account for: - all the meat and diary your child is going to consume in those 18 years - all diapers that are going to be produced and disposed. - all methane and CO2 you child produced on an a daily basis for those 18 years (exhaling, digesting/pooping/farting) - concrete used for building this extra room for your child ... just to name a few.
- tjader 5y agoNot if the externality is priced in for each of those products.