Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer, has indicated that it would not have a problem with a universal
charge on carbon dioxide emissions, implying it would not restrict oil production to capture the revenues of a charge on carbon.
Not exact matches
Certainly, the only way to stop the massive increase in atmospheric
carbon dioxide is to impose a
charge, either
on emissions or fuel, and to allow competition to provide the cheapest alternative.
In the time since the 2007 version of this report, the human effect
on the climate has grown more than 40 percent stronger, thanks to continued
emissions of greenhouse gases and more precision in measurements, with
carbon dioxide leading the
charge.
An up - to - date coal plant costs about $ 3,000 a kilowatt, but
charges levied
on carbon dioxide emissions, or extra equipment to capture the gas instead, could add substantially to that.
Peatlands store 100 years of CO2
emissions May 8, 2007 The UN Convention
on Climate Change is putting global climate at risk by ignoring
carbon dioxide emissions from the destruction of
carbon - rich peatlands in Indonesia,
charged Wetlands International, a Dutch environmental group that has highlighted the climate impact of land - use change in southeast Asia.
Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today
on reducing
carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists
charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making little mention of their doubts, g) whether other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?
RGGI sets a limit
on carbon dioxide emissions from the electric sector and raises money for renewables and efficiency by
charging polluting generators for each ton of
carbon dioxide they emit.