Opinion | Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?
Opinion | Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?
The idea doesn’t make sense now, but it’s still worth thinking about.
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Because a carbon tax incremented over a period of years would achieve the desired outcome with much less administrative burden and economic impact.
We should use fossil fuels sometimes - when it's worth paying the real cost!
Problem is the total accumulated CO2 already there. We would need to be net zero yesterday to mitigate imo.
Capitalistic institutions haven't been serious or motivated enough to make any real effort. They'll make up their next cop-out like carbon credits or whatever
It can, and will, get worse.
A carbon tax is a specific, simple, policy that voters could form a broad coalition around to implement.
You'd think that.. it sunk the Australian government when they tried to implement it 10-15 yrs ago
Canada has one, though it's not particularly aggressive, as far as I can tell. They redistribute the tax money so no one actually pays extra over the full year, but high carbon products are still more expensive.
I have no idea how the tax is calculated.
the first step to caring for a injury is to stop further harm. a combat medic covers their patient's wounds from falling dust and dirt by placing their body between - then evacuates the patient to safer location.
we have to stop the bullshit uses of petrochemicals. the flagrant waste, the waste for recreation, the waste for convenience, toys etc.
plastics for food, plastics for medical tech, industrial use and exploration - force everything else to reusables.
the best way to overcome the enormous build-up already accumulated IS TO STOP ADDING TO IT IMMEDIATELY.