An alternative to carbon taxes to finance renewable energy systems and offset hydrocarbon based greenhouse gas emissions

Carbon taxes are frequently proposed as a means to mitigate the hydrocarbon industry's environmental impact. This paper assesses the potential benefits of an alternative to carbon taxes (ACT), where hydrocarbon producers directly invest a fixed amount per unit produced into renewable energy sys...

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Main Authors: Paiva, Santiago (Author), Taylor, David Donald James (Contributor), Slocum, Alexander H (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-02T20:16:39Z.
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