4 ms·
This was ops point, if you tax the emissions only people can innovate and reduce emissions in all these areas to the same effect.
by aplummer 8y ago
This was ops point, if you tax the emissions only people can innovate and reduce emissions in all these areas to the same effect.
- sparrc 8y agoBut how do you tax the potential land usage? Are you saying we should tax farmers based on how many acres it takes them to produce a calorie? This could also have a knock-on affect of encouraging _more_ cruelty (if that's even possible at this point).
- aplummer 8y agoI think we should tax them based on emissions which includes deforestation / clearing yes. Separately I would definitely like to see animals regulated with X land per animal like free range chickens are regulated. Given the current state of pig farming I don’t think we can physically go worse than status quo. I understand “tax emission” has many edge cases and will be tough to nut out without a general rule being possible, but it’s really important the cost of polluting is actually paid for with dollars and this is what we pay politicians to do every day (despite what it looks like).