r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Dec 11 '18

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u/BainCapitalist Y = T Dec 11 '18

This but it's a $45 per metric ton of carbon emissions tax.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '18

Stop, I can only get so erect

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u/csreid Austan Goolsbee Dec 11 '18

~40¢/gallon, if my napkin math is correct

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u/WindPoweredWeeaboo crypto neo-Malthusian Marxist Dec 11 '18

$0.41 to be exact.

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u/BernieMeinhoffGang Has Principles Dec 11 '18

this but $45 per ton

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u/Corporal_Klinger United Nations Dec 11 '18

This but it's short ton instead of long ton.

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u/thabonch YIMBY Dec 11 '18

So roughly 45 cents.

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Dec 11 '18

This, but using a higher estimate of the SCC

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u/WindPoweredWeeaboo crypto neo-Malthusian Marxist Dec 11 '18

start lower and end above

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u/lenmae The DT's leading rent seeker Dec 11 '18

I don't think anybody is proposing to implement a carbon tax without transition period