Sentences with phrase «equivalent carbon content»

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In such a system, imports from countries that do not price carbon emissions would be subject to a tariff equivalent to the price imposed on the carbon content of such goods made in Canada, counting the carbon emitted to produce goods and to transport them here.

His calculations, based on 2008 figures for the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, show that even assuming a lower estimate of forest carbon content, total and equivalent CO2 would level out at 476 parts per million, even if we stopped all fossil fuel use immediately.

«Carbon equivalent units» are defined as carbon dioxide equivalents multiplied by the carbon content of carbon dioxide (i.e., 12/44).