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Dec 02, 2022

Europe Makes Shipping Vessels Pay For Carbon Emissions

In a decade Europe is either going to look like a genius on how to
get tough things done or it's going to be an economic madhouse,
falling behind other parts of the world.

[profilePic]Phil Andrews

For the past 17 years Europe has been cracking down hard on it's
biggest carbon emitters: power plants, iron smelters, and large
factories.

If you have a company that needs to emit carbon you can buy permits
from the government. For each permit you hold you can emit 1 ton of
CO2. Under this scheme 45% of all carbon emissions from Europe's
biggest emitters are currently covered.

Last year Europe announced airlines and shipping vessels would also
eventually need to start being apart of this program.

Yesterday they turned part of it into law, starting in 2024 all
shipping vessels going in and out of Europe will need to buy enough
permits to cover 40% of their emissions, by 2026 it'll be 100%.

Of course, the cost of this policy will be born by those in Europe
importing and exporting goods.

So once again Europe keeps rapidly going ahead with policies that
make stuff more expensive. Yes, carbon is a cost not reflected in the
price most of us pay for our stuff.

But the breakneck speed at which they're trying to transition to
renewable energy led directly to this year's natural gas fiasco.

In a decade Europe is either going to look like a genius on how to
get tough things done or it's going to be an economic madhouse,
falling behind other parts of the world.

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