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> Have you ever considered that? The problem is not the air condition or the electricity needed to run the air conditioner. The problem is the electricity was
by jussij 7y ago
> Have you ever considered that?
The problem is not the air condition or the electricity needed to run the air conditioner.
The problem is the electricity was generated by burning a fossil fuel and that causes massive amounts of CO2 pollution.
So the solution is quite simple.
Just tax, and tax hard any electricity producer that is creating CO2 pollution.
What will happen is for a short time Joe's electricity bill will go up and he will put his air con on low.
But in the longer term market forces will quickly find ways to make electricity without producing CO2 just so that they can sell cheaper electricity to Joe and have him once again cranking up his air con to full.
Right now there is no real cost to creating CO2 pollution so of course there is no incentive to stop producing CO2.
- ux-app 7y ago> So the solution is quite simple. hehe that gave me a chuckle ;)
- jussij 7y agoThe other alternative is also simple. Just do nothing. Then just wait a decade or two by which time it will be way too late and then the world will quickly realise there are no 'chuckles' to be found down that path.
- ux-app 7y ago> it will be way too late it's already too late. The planet is too small to accommodate this many humans. There is no hope. I understand the need to feel like you're doing something in the face of this catastrophe, but we're doomed. The only solution is some as yet undiscovered technology that will reverse the actions of 7.7 billion parasites, who in aggregate are too selfish to make true sacrifices for the common good (myself included)
- vlaak 7y agoThanos? j/k :)