[leemck]

OK to shout Eureka when you figure this out:

I have a website where I explore the idea of "not emitting fossil fuel CO2." www.lowco2america.com

Instead of thinking in terms of "cost of extracting CO2" I have sort of stumbled on the idea of "recapitalizing America around social systems that do not emit CO2."

My scheme has a payment of $394 per metric ton of CO2 not emitted. The payment from govt. funds is a prompt no bank account required electronic transfer payment. What it can purchase is a continuing free share of the electricity generated by the workplace parking lot, or an electric car, where the car is free is provided the driver carries 2 or 3 workplace commute riders. The car runs with an average load of 1 driver and 2 or 3 riders. The payment can pay for other things or be redeemed for cash, optionally.

The ancient Chinese Tao Te Ching poem Verse 80 describes a happy society that might sound a little bit like an America that figures out how to live well with 2 mt per person CO2 emissions, maybe in 40 years?