Comments on: A lesson in carbon conversion factors http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/ Communicating sustainable solutions for the built environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim Worstall http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Tim Worstall Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:48:05 +0000 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/#comment-129 BTW, be careful. I'm not an economist and don't claim to be one. Just an interested amateur is all. BTW, be careful. I’m not an economist and don’t claim to be one. Just an interested amateur is all.

]]> By: mel starrs http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-128 mel starrs Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:01:57 +0000 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/#comment-128 So by my calculations, Eddington £70, Stern £12 and Nordhaus 34p! Any more out there? So by my calculations, Eddington £70, Stern £12 and Nordhaus 34p! Any more out there?

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Tim Worstall Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:54:46 +0000 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2006/12/05/a-lesson-in-carbon-conversion-factors/#comment-127 Fair enough. The other number I always use is Nordhaus' $2.50 per tonne CO2. Estimates are all over the place, varying by at least one order of magnitude. Pretty pathetic excuse, I admit, but 12 quid and 70 quid are at least in the same ball park. Fair enough. The other number I always use is Nordhaus’ $2.50 per tonne CO2. Estimates are all over the place, varying by at least one order of magnitude.

Pretty pathetic excuse, I admit, but 12 quid and 70 quid are at least in the same ball park.

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