Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas prices soar

Re:Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas price... by tjader on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:28PM (#28674206)

We should price in the externality where it is caused. I don't think raising a child emits any CO2 by itself.

If we price in the emissions where they happen it will be priced in for all consumers of the products that cause them.

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Re:Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas price... by phdelightful on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:34PM (#28674284)

I want a small discount for sequestering carbon in my child's body mass for several decades!

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Re:Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas price... by tshaddox on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:39PM (#28674336)

The average adult human contains what, like 30 pounds of carbon? That's very little money according to the carbon offset prices I have seen.

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Re:Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas price... by pzo on Monday September 27, 2021 @03:00PM (#28674633)

You have to account for:

- all the meat and diary your child is going to consume in those 18 years

- all diapers that are going to be produced and disposed.

- all methane and CO2 you child produced on an a daily basis for those 18 years (exhaling, digesting/pooping/farting)

- concrete used for building this extra room for your child

...

just to name a few.

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Re:Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas price... by tjader on Monday September 27, 2021 @03:15PM (#28674835)

Not if the externality is priced in for each of those products.

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