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The link wasn't paywalled when I first visited it but when I try to go back now it is, must have hit a free limit I guess. Incentive schemes are literally othe
by keanzu 7y ago
The link wasn't paywalled when I first visited it but when I try to go back now it is, must have hit a free limit I guess.
Incentive schemes are literally other people's money. The savings are reminiscent of a store putting the price up 50% prior to a 33% off super sale. Everything looks like a good deal when compared to inflated prices caused by market dysfunction.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoWhen you burn fossil fuels that’s literally someone else’s air they need to survive (pollution from the burning of fossil fuels has a quantifiable impact on the health and mortality of humans). It’s not hard to see why we prioritize that over other people’s money and a more Libertarian outlook (“let the market work itself out”) when that has so clearly failed in an epic fashion.
- keanzu 7y agoA worst of both worlds result - very dirty coal generation currently in service throughout most of Australia - and the highest residential prices in the world.