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Sure, but then the story is about 1. the Indian heatwave and 2. the transformation; whether the transformation came about through carbon coins or carbon quotas or whatever is a detail. But it's the focus of the book.

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Right; that was my takeaway.

the eco-terrorism was an interesting aspect that I hadn't thought of before, but actually seems quite plausible