To be sure, these companies would likely foresee that their earnings could be affected and pass on the new cost of their carbon use to their customers through higher prices.

值得注意的是，这些公司很可能会预见到他们的收入将遭受损失，从而把新的二氧化碳排放成本转嫁到消费者身上。

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You will want to pay particular attention to any mention of increased costs, lower profit margins, or talk of cost pass-through to the consumer.

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Those MLPs that can successfully pass cost increases through to their customers and make accretive acquisitions have been steadily raising their dividends, making stodgy pipeline and coal companies look like growth stocks.

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That can create a seven-point disadvantage for Orchard Road merchants and hurt producers that don't pass through the cost.

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