I feel we need a new, completely separate word for "net emissions", because too often the discussion gets confused around this point.
> Each human being emits 25 tons of CO2 per year just by breathing
In almost all cases we care about net emissions. Breathing is net carbon neutral.
What we really need is to tax the net carbon that's added to the "fast carbon loop" (the biosphere). That is, carbon that's being dug up from the ground.
> Each human being emits 25 tons of CO2 per year just by breathing
In almost all cases we care about net emissions. Breathing is net carbon neutral.
What we really need is to tax the net carbon that's added to the "fast carbon loop" (the biosphere). That is, carbon that's being dug up from the ground.