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Re:Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification by semi-extrinsic on Saturday September 03, 2016 @01:06PM (#12419950)
We have the technology for large scale carbon capture, that's no problem. The problem is that carbon capture is pure cost, no gain (measurable on a company balance sheet).

To solve this, we need a global carbon tax, probably close to $100/ton. For reference, US emissions per capita is ~17 tons.

Re:Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification by drjesusphd on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:10AM (#12424712)
> To solve this, we need a global carbon tax, probably close to $100/ton. For reference, US emissions per capita is ~17 tons.

This seems... remarkably affordable. For the US, this is less than TARP. We really need to get our act together.