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Putting a price on carbon gets rid of the need for all of these complicated analyses. Things that emit less carbon will be cheaper, and people will only buy thi
by MostlyStable 2y ago
Putting a price on carbon gets rid of the need for all of these complicated analyses. Things that emit less carbon will be cheaper, and people will only buy things that emit more carbon to whatever extent it is worth it to them. And if you have set the price on carbon correctly, then that price includes all the externalities that they are creating by making that choice.
- ars 2y agoBut you would have to add that price world wide. And so far that's not possible. Without having that tax worldwide you need a very complicated and impractical scheme of calculating CO2 from imports, and giving a tax credit on exports.
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- delusional 2y agoSurely you'd still have to do the complicated analysis. How else would you calculate how much the polluter would have to pay?