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> So if we focused on developing a tool whose sole purpose was to give us quantified feedback on the consequences of our actions - much like how we use utility
by deoptimo 11y ago
> So if we focused on developing a tool whose sole purpose was to give us quantified feedback on the consequences of our actions - much like how we use utility bills ...
Utility bills and a carbon tax are the only feedback you need. All the rest is politics.
- haxel 11y agoDoes a carbon tax stop the slash-and-burn in Indonesia (for palm oil) and Brazil (for cattle)? I agree that the full cost of what we buy needs to be included in its price or else we'll keep seeing the same problem, having only kicked it down the road a bit. But there are also many more large problems besides climate change that involve more than carbon dioxide emissions.
- pjc50 11y agoSpeaking of which, this came across my twitter feed just now: https://theconversation.com/feeding-godzilla-as-indonesia-burns-its-government-moves-to-increase-forest-destruction-50834 https://theconversation.com/feeding-godzilla-as-indonesia-bu... Indonesia is keeping up the burning despite being under Chinese levels of smog.