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by WithinReason 1704 days ago
Assuming 16 tons per person per year emissions [0], you can offset 1 person's carbon footprint for $1600 per year.

[0]: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/carbon-costs-quantifie...

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Every American uses around 400 gallons of gasoline and 12,000 kwh electricity per year. So if you put a tax of $2 on each gallon of gasoline and 7 cent on every kwh electricity, you would finance that.

And once it scales, it will be cheaper and cheaper, jut like most other products. With a 10 percent price reduction per year, it would be $620 per person in 10 years, roughly the same as an internet bill.

In the rest of the world it's even cheaper. The average person in the world could be offset for $400 now.