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Re:Elon Musk: Only a Carbon Tax Will Accelerate the World's ... by unchocked on Thursday December 03, 2015 @02:36AM (#10668323)
Wow, hadn't thought of that.

I wonder how much carbon you can lock up by buying long term oil leases and sitting on them, and what the price per ton would be.

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Re:Elon Musk: Only a Carbon Tax Will Accelerate the World's ... by danieltillett on Thursday December 03, 2015 @03:36AM (#10668540)
In theory all of it. The complication is quite a bit of the "underground carbon" is owned by governments, but these can also be bought off. The key is stop fighting the owners of carbon and start working with them.
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