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by rsj_hn 1850 days ago
Sure, but those reductions will only be in the jurisdiction with the tax and will be matched by a corresponding increase in other jurisdictions. So if the goal is to migrate emissions to countries like China that don't have the tax, it's easy to do. If the goal is to reduce global emissions, then that's another matter entirely..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...