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>At what point does this become so scary that something happens to increase the taxes on fossil fuels so that consumption will go down? You're jumping to concl
by ra1n85 11y ago
>At what point does this become so scary that something happens to increase the taxes on fossil fuels so that consumption will go down?
You're jumping to conclusions on the actual solution to the problem.
I suggest unpacking this problem a bit more. Given the time scales, and potential delay between addition of CO2 into the atmosphere and consequence, I imagine that we should also be thinking "How do we adjust to our new climate?". "Taxes, now" is short sighted.
- whitneyrzoller 11y ago"Deal with it" is what you've come up with after "unpacking the problem a bit more"? As the Donald would say, "sad".
- ra1n85 11y agoEntirely up to if you'd like to understand it that way. The climate is guaranteed to change, whether by man's action or not. Let's treat it less like the act of a vengeful god, and more like a fact of life.
- megalodon 11y agoIf it's guaranteed to slow consumtion, why not? "Taxes, never" is short sighted.
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