[19] An internal Obama administration memorandum on subsidies for renewables recently noted that carbon dioxide emissions «would have to be valued at nearly $ 130
per ton for CO2 for the climate benefits to equal the subsidies.»
I would suggest a carbon tax of $ 25 - $ 40 / ton of CO2, increasing annually by $ 1
per ton for the next 100 years, would show real courage and leadership, and shame those European blowhards who have little but the hot air of their own speeches to show for a decade of so - called leadership on this issue.
For example, a recent U.S. federal interagency assessment recommended a value of $ 25
per ton for 2015 (in 2010 $) with the tax rate rising at a rate of about 2 to 3 percent per year in real terms (roughly reflecting growth in world output potentially affected by climate change).
A ton of publicly owned coal leased during the Obama administration will, on average, cause damages estimated at between $ 22 and $ 237, using the federal government's social cost of carbon estimates — yet the average price
per ton for those coal leases was only $ 1.03.
Historically the paper market has wildly fluctuated with high prices
per ton for brief periods of shortages, and then glutes of paper when you can not give it away and need to store it until you can sell the paper when demand improves.
Then there are the starkly one - sided respective power - to - weight ratios: 531bhp
per ton for the 918 plays 320bhp
per ton for the NSX.
The U.S., which accounts for roughly half of the camu camu importation market, paid almost USD 7,200
per ton for its supply in the same year.
The Town of Tonawanda even gets back $ 10
per ton for its recyclables, making the total savings $ 55.39 per ton when people recycle.
Not exact matches
Grapes - the grapes that are used
for the wine are also important and particularly the yield of the grapes in
tons per acre.
Falcon 9 — tentatively scheduled
for March 8 at Florida's Cape Canaveral — would pave the way
for 12 supply flights carrying a minimum of 20
tons to and from the International Space Station,
per the company's $ 1.6 billion NASA contract.
For instance, they expect Brent crude to peak at $ 82.50 per barrel in July and copper to peak at $ 8,000 per ton in December, but they have forecast lower prices for both oil and copper in 20
For instance, they expect Brent crude to peak at $ 82.50
per barrel in July and copper to peak at $ 8,000
per ton in December, but they have forecast lower prices
for both oil and copper in 20
for both oil and copper in 2019.
«Since we expect that: 1) the Chinese economy will continue to grow (cumulative GDP in current prices), 2) the export arbitrage is not showing any signs of contraction and 3) imports of steel will remain steady at about 1.2 million
tons -
per - month, we can safely assume that steel exports of 7.2 million
tons -
per - month and therefore a net trade balance of about 6 million
tons -
per - month will be around
for a while.»
So, as far as I can see, essentially the same outcome as the double - credits achieves, both in terms of revenue
for Shell and cost to the CCEMF could have been achieved with a $ 15
per -
ton - sequestered payment from the CCEMC without sacrificing the integrity of emissions reduction accounting within the offset program.
Think about it: it's going to take a
ton of content and links before you can hope to rank
for a keyword phrase with thousands of searches
per month.
This means that settlements
for Russian oil deliveries to China, which have reached 60 million
tons per year, can be done without using the dollar.
In terms of rationale
for owning gold, Khaner cites that gold supply is decreasing as production is around 2,500
tons per year and consumption bests that at 4,000
tons.
In India,
for example, the average life expectancy is 301/2 years, compared to 681/2 years in the United States; the average annual income is less than $ 40, compared to $ 1,469 in the U.S. Energy utilized annually
per capita, which is a rough index of living standard, is in some countries equivalent to.02
tons of coal, compared to 8
tons, or 400 times as much, in the U.S.. Two thirds of the world usually goes to bed hungry at night.
The Morning Star Packing Company - Williams facility is known
for combining state - of - the - art technology with economies of scale, processing approximately 630
tons of tomatoes, or 200,000 pounds of tomato paste
per hour.
Prices paid
for birdseye pods in July, 2001 were: Zimbabwe, US$ 2,750
per metric
ton and Malawi, US$ 2,800
per metric
ton.
Here are 10 smoothie recipes that pack a
ton of flavor
for less than 15 g of sugar
per serving.
The property at Murray Bridge, South Australia, will be utilised by Inghams
for the production of high - quality animal feed, with a capacity to produce 100
tons of feed
per hour.
With
tons of great flavors, and 60 calories or less
per cake, there's one perfect
for every snacking occasion.
Food waste is also responsible
for adding 3.3 billion
tons of greenhouse gases into the planet's atmosphere
per year.
Arla Foods and German dairy company DMK Group have signed a third - party manufacturing contract that will see DMK produce 35,000
tons of mozzarella cheese
for Arla
per year at its Nordhackstedt site in northern Germany.
What we learned: While this match didn't get a
ton of time despite a two - hour pre-show, it did its job of helping further solidify the direction SmackDown's women's division is heading in
for the next brand - specific pay -
per - view, Elimination Chamber.
And unless you are running a website that makes a
ton of money, you may end up paying more
for your dedicated server
per month than you make.
Also, disposable baby diapers aren't the greenest way to manage your baby's poop — disposables account
for 3.4 million
tons of landfill waste
per year and don't decompose (since very little breaks down in a landfill, biodegradable or not).
According to Gabriel Resources Ltd., the Canadian company behind the scheme, the plan
for the project is to dig up the estimated 800 - 4,000
tons of gold squirreled away in Rosia Montana using an astonishing amount of 40
tons of cyanide
per day.
For New York, that equates to a reduction in carbon emissions of an estimated half a million
tons per year while bolstering grid reliability and providing critical revenue into local governments.»
Using the same base
for that percentage as the 2013 - 2020 percentage (1.74 %) that means a 46 million
ton decrease
per year (they want a 2.2 % reduction but also say that the reduction is supposed to be linear so I am not sure if I understood them right here).
So 28 years times $ 8 million a year equals $ 224 million — $ 224 million which has been spent thus far, with nothing to show
for it except the highest tipping fees ($ 103
per ton) in the region.
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For instance, Osun is known to be the highest producer of cassava, but with this feat, our production is poor while the yield
per hectare is between 15/16 metric
ton per hectare.
For instance, over the last one year, cocoa price on the London Stock Exchange has dropped sharply from about 3,000 dollars
per metric
ton to 1,800 dollars.
In the Tonawandas,
for instance, both the city and the town pay a firm $ 45.39
per ton to dispose of the garbage after it is picked up at the curb.
For example, a 6 - metric -
ton Tyrannosaurus rex's top speed may have been about 27 kilometers
per hour (slightly more than an average human's running speed but nowhere near Jamaican sprinter and world record holder Usain Bolt's), they estimate.
He is confident, however, that even
for traditional coal plants the cost of CCS can be reduced to $ 20
per ton.
In contrast, in Europe, which initiated trading of carbon credits on January 1 to meet its Kyoto commitments, credits already sell
for about $ 11 to $ 12
per ton.
For example, without climate change, wheat prices might rise from $ 113
per metric
ton in 2000 to $ 158
per metric
ton in 2050 — an increase of 39 percent.
Exxon Mobil also has adopted a proxy price
for carbon, in some cases as high as $ 80
per ton of CO2, to hedge against future government regulation of carbon and help guide company decisionmaking around infrastructure investments and other capital spending.
But there are technology options on the horizon that might allow
for future coal - fired power plants to avoid the average emissions of more than four million metric
tons of carbon dioxide every year
per plant.
«In a 500 -
ton -
per - day plant, our production costs would be under $ 30 a barrel, and we could sell
for about $ 100 a barrel,» Appel says.
Emitting CO2 would need to cost at least $ 30
per metric
ton via a carbon tax or a cap and trade market
for any of the various carbon capture and sequestration technologies to be economically competitive, according to the report.
Protecting them, a recent study says, could yield climate benefits, biodiversity conservation and protection
for local economies
for a nominal cost — between $ 4 and $ 10
per ton of CO2.
In Mississippi roughly one
ton of CO2 yields almost two barrels of oil, so $ 5 of CO2
per barrel is significant if oil is selling
for less than $ 40 a barrel — and that's before adding in all the capital costs
for the equipment.
Using greenhouse - gas figures
for truck and rail from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (and assuming tractor trailers running at six miles
per gallon of gasoline), we found that moving this monthly 174 -
ton load kicks out 13.7
tons of CO2.
In the DRC, the study states, growing international demand
for palm oil led to an increase in the nation's production of the product from 175,000
tons per year in the 1990s to 215,000
tons in 2010.
Focusing on 13 of the most concentrated minerals with the highest value, the scientists put the haul at $ 280
per ton, or $ 8 million
for that hypothetical million - person city.
The price would be roughly comparable to that of capturing carbon dioxide at power plants and storing it underground, which would eventually cost about $ 200
per ton of carbon, according to a recent study from Harvard University's Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs, compared with about $ 400
per ton of carbon
for the forests.
Part of their work details the CO2 emissions
per ton of paper
for a variety of different products, including the lightweight coated stock used
for magazines.
Railway tariffs cost about 0.15 yuan
per metric
ton for each kilometer, less than half the cost of around 0.35 yuan by truck, according to data from the China Coal Transport and Distribution Association.