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- Carbon_price abstract "A carbon price is the amount that must be paid (to some public authority as a tax rate, or on some emission permit exchange) for the emission of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Such payments usually take the form of a carbon tax or the cost of purchasing emission allowances in a cap-and-trade system.Purpose: The purpose of carbon pricing is to force emitters to pay at least part of the cost of the negative externalities (pollution costs) caused by CO2 emissions. If the full cost of externalities is included, then according to Pigou and now standard economics, emissions will be reduced to an efficient level. In theory this could even be negative. The source of these negative externalities for CO2 is assumed to be climate change, since CO2 is a know greenhouse gas. However, the cost of the externalities is not well known. Of course CO2 emissions come mainly from burning fossil fuels and from the chemistry of making cement and steel.Advantage: A key dispute concerning carbon pricing is whether it is better than subsidizing alternative energy sources. The economic argument favors pricing because of its efficiency. When carbon emissions are taxed, all alternatives are helped equally and without favoritism. This would include, wind, solar, home insulation, choosing to drive your higher mileage car, living closer to work and installing LEDs, to name a few. It is essentially impossible to subsidize all of these equally and in practice the subsidies are extremely unequal. For this reason subsidies are less efficient. Other advantages are claimed for renewable subsidies, but efficiency is considered decisive by most economists, as was attested to in the "Economists’ Statement on Climate Change," signed by over 2500 economist including nine Nobel Laureates in 1997. This statement succinctly summarizes the economic case for carbon pricing:"The most efficient approach to slowing climate change is through market-based policies. In order for the world to achieve its climatic objectives at minimum cost, a cooperative approach among nations is required -- such as an international emissions trading agreement. The United States and other nations can most efficiently implement their climate policies through market mechanisms, such as carbon taxes or the auction of emissions permits."In short, this statement argues that carbon pricing (either "carbon taxes or the auction of emissions permits.") is a "market mechanism" (in contrast to renewable subsidies) and hence is the way that the "United States and other nations can most efficiently implement their climate policies."".
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- Carbon_price wikiPageExternalLink econstatement.htm.
- Carbon_price wikiPageExternalLink capandtrade.htm.
- Carbon_price wikiPageExternalLink www.carbontax.org.
- Carbon_price wikiPageExternalLink www.rggi.org.
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- Carbon_price date "August 2011".
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- Carbon_price subject Category:Economics.
- Carbon_price subject Category:Fossil_fuels.
- Carbon_price subject Category:Subsidies.
- Carbon_price subject Category:Taxation.
- Carbon_price comment "A carbon price is the amount that must be paid (to some public authority as a tax rate, or on some emission permit exchange) for the emission of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Such payments usually take the form of a carbon tax or the cost of purchasing emission allowances in a cap-and-trade system.Purpose: The purpose of carbon pricing is to force emitters to pay at least part of the cost of the negative externalities (pollution costs) caused by CO2 emissions.".
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