Making America Carbon Neutral Could Cost $1T a Year

Re:Making America Carbon Neutral Could Cost $1T a Year by torpfactory on Monday May 13, 2019 @07:28PM (#19905128)

Carbon neutral is kind of the 'whole enchilada' and like many 100% efforts, the last few percent cost the most. I don't know the actual cost breakdown, but if we assume the pareto principle applies, we will probably get a great amount of benefit for doing 20% of that investment in the most polluting industries.

Saying it will cost $1T a year is just FUD from that perspective. Sure, doing it all will be very expensive, but if doing most of it is a hell of lot less expensive, why scare everyone by covering the 'worst case scenario'?

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Re:Making America Carbon Neutral Could Cost $1T a Year by Wowfunhappy on Monday May 13, 2019 @11:04PM (#19906449)

This begs the question, what would the cost of 95% carbon neutral be?

(We absolutely need to pay for it regardless, but it's still worth knowing these numbers, if only for planning.)

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