They assume business as usual, which means that continued growth of industrial economies will result in continued increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. (drtimball.com)
They argued that modern industrial economies could function very effectively using only one fourth the virgin raw material prevailing at the time. (earthpolicy.org)
Many other advanced industrial economies around the world have already put a price on carbon, or are starting to do this. (seattletimes.com)