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I don't think I missed the point. I was replying to the parent comment. And as I wrote a carbon tax on raw fossil fuel would also be a great way to fund such c

• verdverm 4y ago
  Fossil fuel usage is only one such source, agriculture is a significant component as well, as is concrete
  • lelag 4y ago
    True, ideally we incentivize elimination of all carbon emissions. Still, even for concrete production close to half the emission is due to fuel burning, so taxing fossil fuel would have a large impact as it is easy to measure and implement. (You have comparatively few producers). For chemical reactions related emissions (other than burning carbon), it might be easier to simply mandate carbon capture system by law for those industries.
    • verdverm 4y ago
      > ideally we incentivize elimination of all carbon emissions. I don't think such an absolute goal makes sense. What we want is to be at balance long term and pull out enough CO2 to not destroy our current ecosystem any further. I think if we were actually facing the opposite, we'd find ways to ensure we don't go back into an ice age.