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buybuydandavis comments on How should negative externalities be handled? (Warning: politics) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 11 May 2013 11:08:56PM *  0 points [-]

I don't think this one is hard. In either case, you have to assume an measurement by which you're accounting for emissions.

Yes, you won't exactly hit your targets, but then you adjust the price and move on. We're talking about accumulations that matter over a period of decades. Consumption varies, but it's not all over the place.