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Put a dollar figure on carbon emissions

Matthew Yglesias makes a pretty convincing argument that the most effective path to slowing down climate change is putting a price on carbon. Right now, carbon emissions are untaxed, so there’s no market mechanism to reward a reduction in carbon emissions other than the price of using energy. Unfortunately, energy prices are largely decoupled from their environmental impact.


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yes, this is Pigou Club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigou_Club) as conceived by Harvard economist Greg Mankiw – http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/10/pigou-club-manifesto.html

Posted by pistol on 9 October 2009 @ 9am

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