Global Climate Change: Hearings Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Science and Energy Policy Implications of Global Climate Change and International Agreements Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions, May 6 and 12, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 427 pages |
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... carbon tax - e.g . , see Figure 4 from Nordhaus 1992 ) are shown , seemingly staggering figures emerge . The costs ... carbon taxes on Figure 4 imposed on Nordhaus ' econometric model ) . The bene- fit of this " 20 % cut " , Nordhaus ...
... carbon tax - e.g . , see Figure 4 from Nordhaus 1992 ) are shown , seemingly staggering figures emerge . The costs ... carbon taxes on Figure 4 imposed on Nordhaus ' econometric model ) . The bene- fit of this " 20 % cut " , Nordhaus ...
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... carbon tax that would be necessary to raise fossil fuel prices enough in Nordhaus's model to achieve the desired policy objective indicated in the box below the graph . Source : W. Nordhaus , 1992 . The impact on Nordhaus's model of the ...
... carbon tax that would be necessary to raise fossil fuel prices enough in Nordhaus's model to achieve the desired policy objective indicated in the box below the graph . Source : W. Nordhaus , 1992 . The impact on Nordhaus's model of the ...
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... - 1965 1985 2005 2025 2045 2065 2085 2105 Time. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF EASTERN PHOEBE North Range Limit of the Eastern Phoebe -4 ° C January Minimum Isotherm Figure 3 Carbon Tax , Different Scenarios 450- 400- 350- 300- 250- 96.
... - 1965 1985 2005 2025 2045 2065 2085 2105 Time. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF EASTERN PHOEBE North Range Limit of the Eastern Phoebe -4 ° C January Minimum Isotherm Figure 3 Carbon Tax , Different Scenarios 450- 400- 350- 300- 250- 96.
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... Carbon Tax , Different Scenarios 450- 400- 350- 300- 250- 200- 150- 100- $ per ton carbon ( 1989 US $ ) [ Tax in $ ton C equivalent ] 50- O **** Optimal → 20 % cut - * - Uncont 10 - yr delay Figure 4 Differences in Global Output [ From ...
... Carbon Tax , Different Scenarios 450- 400- 350- 300- 250- 200- 150- 100- $ per ton carbon ( 1989 US $ ) [ Tax in $ ton C equivalent ] 50- O **** Optimal → 20 % cut - * - Uncont 10 - yr delay Figure 4 Differences in Global Output [ From ...
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... tax would be . There is just as much uncertainty and dispute in econo ... carbon dioxide , where- as the U.S. position should have a more intellectual ... carbon dioxide versus 1 ton of methane versus 1 ton of nitrous oxide . However ...
... tax would be . There is just as much uncertainty and dispute in econo ... carbon dioxide , where- as the U.S. position should have a more intellectual ... carbon dioxide versus 1 ton of methane versus 1 ton of nitrous oxide . However ...
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