Thursday, August 29, 2019

It’s the Economics, Stupid!  The Case for Carbon Fees

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Researchers at the Carnegie Institute For Science and the University of Waterloo were curious how placing a price on carbon emissions would impact the effort to keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2º C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.  Surprise, surprise!  They found putting a price on carbon would lead to greater innovation and energy efficiency.  The results of their research have now been published in the scientific journal Joule.

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