As carbon is priced the heaviest hit will be to transportation and remote living. Let's face it the interiors of most countries are heavily subsidized by cheap fuel - you can live cheaply in Gary, Indiana because raw material can get to the metal bashers stationed there and then the bits and pieces they make can get out again. Since we cannot dismantle the global economy and since sea freight is way more carbon efficient (that means really really cheap once we have a carbon price) the only way to cope is to cut the percentage spent on hauling stuff around the continent by relocating more industries near ports. This has the added benefit of pushing up housing prices, which means smaller homes which means less energy is used to light, heat and cool them. High prices mean high building which means public transport.
And you thought there was no God.
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