With international oil prices dropping – by a whopping $40 per barrel since the summer – this is an ideal moment for governments to introduce carbon pricing. Rather than let the consumer price of oil fall by that amount, governments should put a carbon tax in place.
随着国际油价的下跌——自今年夏天以来已暴跌40美元/桶——政府引入碳定价的理想时机已经到来。政府不应该让石油消费价格也下跌如此幅度，而应该引入碳税。