A carbon floor price, announced in late 2010, makes dirty coal-generation more expensive.

2010年底宣布的碳最低保证价，使煤电生产成本更高。

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Agreement on an international carbon-price floor would be a good starting point in that process.

就国际碳价格下限达成的协议将是这进程中一个良好的起点。

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That would involve putting a floor under the price of fossil fuels by imposing a price on carbon emissions and import duties on oil to keep the domestic price above, say, $70 per barrel.

这要求将化石燃料的价格保持在一定水平之上。 具体可以通过确定二氧化碳排放价格，征收石油进口关税等，以使国内石油价格维持在一定水平（比如说每桶70美元）之上。

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But it's also another big user of energy, and the carbon floor price will cost firms millions.

BBC: Industry warns carbon tax could cause huge job losses

His planned environmental tax, the Carbon Floor Price, will raise the cost of energy from fossil fuels.

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That could cost 600 jobs, and the company says the new carbon floor price is a factor as it uses large amounts of energy to produce the metal.

BBC: Industry warns carbon tax could cause huge job losses