Hu argues that once overall limits are in place, carbon quotas for industry will urgently need to be elaborated. These quotas plus a tax on carbon will create a market mechanism for pricing carbon (through the trade in carbon credits). This, in turn, will create an incentive for all industries and sectors of the economy to cut their carbon emissions and sell their excess carbon credits for cash.
胡憲倫指出，一旦實施總量管制，國內各產業碳排放的「配額」必須努力「喬」出來，加上課徵碳稅，自然會形成「碳價格」的市場機制（碳權買賣），而帶動各行各業以減碳來換錢。