Sentences with phrase «fossil fuel importer»
Japan and China butt heads; Japan is a fossil fuel importer, and China has resources.
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Billions of dollars in fossil fuel exports pay for nearly all the things Canada doesn't produce; Canada is a net importer of everything else.
The most straightforward form of carbon pricing is a carbon tax, which, in its simplest version, imposes a fee on every ton of carbon that enters the economy («upstream,» on fossil fuel producers and importers, as opposed to «downstream,» on fossil fuel consumers).
They will also continue to point out that the U.S. still has high per - capita emissions, remains the largest historic emitter, is a large importer of carbon - intensive goods made in the developing world, and has become a major producer of fossil fuels.
This could be done with a simple upstream cap - and - trade system in which all of the needed allowances are sold (auctioned)-- not given freely — to fossil - fuel producers and importers, and a very large share — say 75 % — of the revenue is rebated directly to American households through monthly checks in a progressive scheme through which all individuals receive identical payments.
There are perhaps a few thousand fossil fuel producers and importers in the United States — and fossil fuels account for about 90 % of US greenhouse gas contributions.