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dixiegrrrrl

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5. Good news....Chile becomes first South American country to tax carbon

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2014, 10:04 AM

Sep 2014

Skipping the carrot, Chile is using the stick.
Hopefully ti is a workable idea and will spread.

Chile's carbon tax will target the power sector, particularly generators operating thermal plants with installed capacity equal or larger than 50 megawatts (MW).

These installations will be charged $5 per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) released. Thermal plants fueled by biomass and smaller installations will be exempt.

http://www.trust.org/item/20140927000016-jx232/?source=leadCarousel

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US Carbon Emissions Up 6% In Past Two Years [View all] hatrack Sep 2014 OP

When the oceans rise enough to swamp land, I do hope the shores of America drown first, payback. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #1

Apparently, Ms. Koch, the article's author, had no thought on why merrily Sep 2014 #2

Could the colder winter be the reason? yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #3

probably improvements in the economy Travis_0004 Sep 2014 #4

Good news....Chile becomes first South American country to tax carbon dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #5

We should also include the carbon emissions from imports. hunter Sep 2014 #6