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Matthew Yglesias over at ThinkProgress took the one of my favorite points — that when you look at the cost of capping carbon, you also have to look at what you get for your money — and made a nice analogy:<\/p>\n

This seems like an important point! If I added up the ruinous costs of auto ownership\u2014thousands of dollars in up front costs, fuel costs, repairs, insurance, etc.\u2014but forgot to mention that you get to drive your car around<\/em> it would seem baffling that anyone buys one. The same principle applies to carbon pricing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the whole post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And in case you missed the piece by Kevin Drum at Mother Jones<\/em>, he looks at 10 key things to keep in mind about a cap on carbon<\/a>. It’s a nice clear explanation (and I’m not just saying that because he quoted me!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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