A carbon tax would set a specific cost per unit of carbon dioxide, thus establishing a clear cost for carbon.

碳排放税将为每单位二氧化碳设置一个具体的成本，并因此为碳确定一个清晰的成本。

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Without altering the total tax burden, Mr Gore thinks America should replace taxes on employment and production with taxes on pollution, particularly carbon dioxide.

戈尔认为，在不改变整体赋税负担的情况下，美国可以将雇用和生产上的课税转到污染物上，特别是二氧化碳。

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A carbon price or tax, which raises the cost of emitting carbon dioxide while leaving it up to the private sector to pick technologies, is the better approach.

调整碳排放价格或是征税会是一个更好的方法，这样提高了排放二氧化碳的成本，同时也使得私人企业有自由去选择采用何种技术。

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As far as I can tell, this idea of an Energy Security Trust comes from this ill-fated house bill from 2009 that sought to tax carbon dioxide emissions and direct the tax into a trust fund that would pay for alternative energy research and ( bizarrely) offset payroll taxes for poor families.

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Looming above all: the push to price and manage carbon dioxide emissions via a carbon tax or a cap and trade regime.

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Media across the alarmist spectrum are gushing with praise and envy this week in the wake of China announcing it may impose a small tax on carbon dioxide emissions.

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