The higher the carbon tax, the faster it will decrease the carbon-intensity of production (tons of CO2 emitted per million dollars of GDP).

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It means looking at radically new industrial processes which simply replace previous kinds of industrial manufacturing with sophisticated bionumetics and nanotech approaches, to cutting down the material intensity and energy intensity of production, this is the kind of thing you need to do to stay competitive in the modern world.

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Having spent years increasing production and acreage, Embrapa is now turning to ways of increasing the intensity of land use and of rotating crops and livestock so as to feed more people without cutting down the forest.

ECONOMIST: Brazilian agriculture