Sentences with phrase «wide carbon price»

An economy - wide carbon price of $ 30 - $ 60 / t CO2 alone would do little to curb emissions from cars, trucks, and the rest of the transportation sector.

The state has not yet instituted an economy - wide carbon price but has considered two approaches previously.

The carbon surcharge, in other words, would vary across types of oil if there was an economy - wide carbon price, with more energy - intensive oils paying a higher tax.

Although the United States does not have an economy - wide carbon price, this «first - best» — or the most economically efficient — solution provides a useful framework for climate policy decisions.

The SCC is a starting point for estimating the carbon price that would apply in an economy - wide carbon price mechanism, such as a carbon tax.

Coordinated Canada - wide carbon pricing, rising predictably over time, can do much of the heavy lifting towards meeting our climate targets.

In fact, we support transparent, predictable, economy - wide carbon pricing mechanisms as the most cost - effective emissions reduction strategy.

States need to find sustainable funding mechanisms for fuel oil and propane efficiency through economy - wide carbon pricing or a different mechanism.

Several of those policies are not specific to the oil and gas sector; instead, many of these jurisdictions have adopted economy - wide carbon pricing that includes oil and gas emissions.

Herdan also said Europe - wide carbon pricing for both Emissions Trading Schemes and non-ETS will be important going forward, as will creating a «true Energy Union» throughout the EU.

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The package includes a plan to phase out coal - fired electricity generation by 2030, a commitment to generate 30 per cent of Alberta's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, new financing for energy efficiency, and an economy - wide price on carbon pollution.

As economist and Climate Change Panel chairman Andrew Leach pointed out on Twitter today, carbon pricing has wide support from economists from N. Gregory Mankiw to Paul Krugman.

Simply — and stringently — price carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy consistent with our obligation under article 4.4 of the UN Paris Agreement to undertake economy - wide absolute emission reductions, and allow the market to react to that unequivocally clear price signal.

From a short - term perspective, one might argue with some persuasiveness that the low national carbon price is a way for the economy to ease into this nation - wide pricing regime and that the annual increases to 2022 and beyond are on track to converge with SCC estimates (presumably the central value, not the 95th percentile).

Further steps could include pushing for more renewable energy; an aggressive cut in the use of coal and natural gas to make electricity; wider use of electric cars, biofuel, and hydrogen fuel; changes in farming practices; and putting a price on carbon pollution.

The other complication relates to the fact that carbon emissions and investments are affected not only by explicit carbon regulations and prices, but also a wide array of other policy directives.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

A wide range of policies aimed at increasing conservation, efficiency, and reducing emissions is vital, but carbon prices and regulations alone will not create new, clean and affordable energy systems soon enough or at the scale needed.

On the left, a wide swath of climate advocates still cling to the idea that a price on carbon / cap - and - trade / command - and - control approach is the correct method for driving the adoption of affordable clean technologies and reducing emissions.

Boston, Mass. (Aug. 24, 2017)-- The decision on Wednesday by nine Northeastern states to accelerate emissions reductions in the electricity sector continues the past decade's progress, but carbon pollution pricing must be extended economy - wide in order for Massachusetts to meet its legal mandate to cut emissions to 80 percent below the 1990 level by 2050.

However even without a carbon price (the most efficient way to reduce economy - wide emissions) wind energy is 14 % cheaper than new coal and 18 % cheaper than new gas.»

«Extending carbon pricing economy - wide, through a carbon - fee - and - rebate system, is the most effective, efficient, and fair way to make up the shortfall, to reduce emissions and strengthen the economy.»

UCS strongly supports a robust, economy - wide price on carbon to address this market failure and level the playing field for all low - and no - carbon sources of electricity.

In an ideal world, we'd put an economy - wide market price on carbon energy to create funding to pay for the necessary costs of adapting to climate change.

But carbon pricing will be necessary to address the diverse economy - wide sources of CO2 emissions effectively and at sensible cost, whether the carbon pricing comes about through an economy - wide Federal cap - and - trade system or through a Federal carbon tax.

Indeed, to the extent that the Obama administration has been able to make substantive progress on climate change, it has been through a combination of smaller scale, less politically visible approaches like fuel efficiency standards or EPA rules, rather than pushing for society - transforming solutions like an economy - wide price on carbon.25

A system - wide price on carbon will certainly happen, but it will take some time.

«In an ideal world, we'd put an economy - wide market price on carbon energy to create funding to pay for the necessary costs of adapting to climate change,» Jerry Taylor and David Bookbinder of the Niskanen Center wrote about the lawsuit.

As a result, the political reality now appears to be that a national, economy - wide carbon - pricing policy is unlikely to be enacted before 2013.

Carbon wonks will reply that this is a good argument for an economy - wide price on carbon, which would boost all carbon - reduction strategies, without favor.

Major companies, including Lufthansa, are pushing for an economy - wide price on carbon to gain more transparency in their decision - making processes, especially in terms of investment into green technologies.

We caught up to Wagner in Vienna, and had a wide - ranging discussion on the rationale for embedding the destructive costs of carbon dioxide in the price we pay for emitting it.

Wider policies aimed at reducing GHG emissions such as carbon pricing mechanisms may also support RE.

That is why economists across the political spectrum support an efficient market - based solution that would impose an economy - wide price on carbon dioxide emissions.

As both the fee and the household dividend rise steadily, each year, a clear, economy - wide price signal is sent to all investors, calling capital from the sidelines to finance new, low - carbon alternatives.

By purchasing U.S. Carbon Offsets you can balance your unavoidable household carbon footprint while supporting a wide range of innovative carbon reduction projects throughout the U.S. — at our most affordable price.

This is one of the most important parts:» Carbon wonks will reply that this is a good argument for an economy - wide price on carbon, which would boost all carbon - reduction strategies, without favor.

And this cost projection assumes optimal conditions — the immediate implementation of a common global price or tax on carbon dioxide emissions, a significant expansion of nuclear power and the advent and wide use of new, low - cost technologies to control emissions and provide cleaner sources of energy.

It is high time for the US to adopt its own global market standard by implementing carbon pricing as an economy - wide, market - based solution against climate change.

Because nature does not charge for the ecosystem services it provides, pricing these externalities is a matter of public policy, which can be addressed through a wide variety of financial as well as regulatory mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, land - value assessments, and / or various forms of ecological - use fees (Sanderson 2013).

The ACR Corporate Excellence award was presented to Microsoft for the company's leadership in setting an internal price on carbon in order to achieve 100 percent carbon neutrality while driving company - wide efficiency and innovation.

Its participation in the ETS continues to allow it the flexibility of a wider carbon market; but it has no influence on the carbon price applied or the level of ambition set for the ETS.