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Carbon taxes aren't artificial barriers. There are real costs to emitting carbon. Putting a price on negative externalities helps align incentives properly so t
by daveFNbuck 7y ago
Carbon taxes aren't artificial barriers. There are real costs to emitting carbon. Putting a price on negative externalities helps align incentives properly so the people making the coal plant have to consider the full costs of their actions.
- kebman 7y agoWhy not talk to the coal plant owner directly? Or how about the other 100(!) private citizens living around the world who control the companies that are responsible 70% of the greenhouse emissions of the entire Earth?
- pjc50 7y ago> Why not talk to the coal plant owner directly? Well, merely talking to them isn't going to achieve any change, so the plan is to tax them?
- daveFNbuck 7y agoTalking to them doesn't change the economic incentives. No matter how stern of a talking to I give them, they'll still be making a large personal profit at the expense of a larger cost spread across everyone else. Do you think no one has tried talking to any of these people about climate change yet?
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