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Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever by londons_explore on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:35PM (#37784584)
$1000/ton is $1/kg. Most medical plastic items are tens of grams - so 1 cent.

Considering the price of medical devices in the US, there is certainly room for a few extra cents.

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Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever by spenczar5 on Friday October 06, 2023 @09:36AM (#37790603)
You are taxing co2, not oil. A barrel of oil is about 400kg of carbon. That makes the price go up by at least $400 per barrel. It’s at about $80 right now. So the cost of materials for petroleum prodycts would go up by something like 6x.

In the US, this cost will get absorbed. But if you are in subsaharan Africa, 6x more expensive IV tubes and syringes is extremely consequential.

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