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why remove the incentive for businesses to optimize their energy usage? They have as much if not more external costs as a residential home.
by frankietwenty9 8y ago
why remove the incentive for businesses to optimize their energy usage? They have as much if not more external costs as a residential home.
- captainbland 8y agoIf anything it is most important to apply this to businesses. Most consumer choice related emissions, as it's often framed, is taken through the proxy of a business that hasn't optimised their energy output to this extent. This is all the more relevant when you consider that consumers often don't have visibility over the practices of the business that they're interacting with, and particularly that of the supply chain further down the line. Like are all these lit up signs really necessary for any businesses to function, do you think? Or are they just trying to stay visible in a sea of neon?
- TheKarateKid 8y agoExactly. How about offices that keep the lights on or half-dimmed all night, as well as the computers running? Businesses are often the most wasteful.