Life-cycle assessment is a
powerful framework for total
economic, social, and
environmental cost pricing of
consumer goods and services.
We have developed a model to
assess the cradle-to-consumer
environmental impacts from the
manufacturing, transport and
trade of 1,100 categories of
consumer products and
services. Particular
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Life-cycle assessment is a
powerful framework for total
economic, social, and
environmental cost pricing of
consumer goods and services.
We have developed a model to
assess the cradle-to-consumer
environmental impacts from the
manufacturing, transport and
trade of 1,100 categories of
consumer products and
services. Particularly
promising opportunities exist
to provide environmental
information for products and
the point of sale. At a cost
of carbon of $10/tCO2, we
estimate that incorporating
the cost of carbon would only
add about 0.5% to price of
goods and services, and 0.7%
to the price of food. By
creating appropriate
incentives for sustainable
consumption as well as
production, a more efficient
and sustainable resource
pricing system can begin to
emerge that explicitly
recognizes the connections
between consumer behavior and
global warming.

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