http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/18/china-consuming-nations-should-pay-for-chinas-carbon-emissions/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/18/china-consuming-nations-should-pay-for-chinas-carbon-emissions/comment-page-1/#comment-114149 Matt Courtland Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:53:14 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=11965#comment-114149 China is correct in suggesting that the West pay for the carbon emissions of the products it buys. Until the true costs of production, including resource extraction, carbon emissions, and disposal solutions, are incorporated into the goods we purchase, our economic system will not find a sustainable balance. Read more in my "We Should All Pay for Carbon Emissions" post. China is correct in suggesting that the West pay for the carbon emissions of the products it buys. Until the true costs of production, including resource extraction, carbon emissions, and disposal solutions, are incorporated into the goods we purchase, our economic system will not find a sustainable balance. Read more in my “We Should All Pay for Carbon Emissions” post.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/18/china-consuming-nations-should-pay-for-chinas-carbon-emissions/comment-page-1/#comment-114107 Trip O'Shea Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:45:01 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=11965#comment-114107 Fine, this is EASY. Slap all Chinese products with a "Carbon Premium", just as the nice man suggests. This will make US products more competitively priced, help re-invigorate U.S. manufacturing, and help promote a cleaner world in the process. The best part? It's not a tariff and nor is it protectionist in spirit and intent, as it does not penalize Chinese products per se, just the carbon intensity of those products. Therefore, China has an economic incentive to clean house. Plus, it has been suggested by the Chinese themselves, so they have no reason to complain. Fine, this is EASY. Slap all Chinese products with a “Carbon Premium”, just as the nice man suggests. This will make US products more competitively priced, help re-invigorate U.S. manufacturing, and help promote a cleaner world in the process. The best part? It’s not a tariff and nor is it protectionist in spirit and intent, as it does not penalize Chinese products per se, just the carbon intensity of those products. Therefore, China has an economic incentive to clean house. Plus, it has been suggested by the Chinese themselves, so they have no reason to complain.

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