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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by adrianN on Saturday April 24, 2021 @12:49AM (#26922329)
The Umweltbundesamt of the German government estimates the externalized cost of a ton of CO2 to be between 195€ and 680€ (depending on the discounting function used)

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/14...

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by mavhc on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:29AM (#26922714)
Petrol emits 2.31 kg of CO2 per litre, so 1 tonne is 432 litres. In UK we pay 58p per litre in tax, that's £250 or 285 euros.

So it's perfectly possible to live while paying enough tax to clean up the CO2 caused

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