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If Tesla were serious about advancing sustainable transport, they wouldn't sell credits to polluters. By enabling others to pollute that much more, it undoes m
by new_realist 7y ago
If Tesla were serious about advancing sustainable transport, they wouldn't sell credits to polluters. By enabling others to pollute that much more, it undoes much of the benefit from buying a Tesla.
- ceejayoz 7y ago"We can go bankrupt, or we can let our polluting competitors fund our R&D. Which should we choose?" "Oh, definitely the bankruptcy."
- jagannathtech 7y agoIt's amazing how many here are so disconnected from reality.... (ps. the id of the person you are replying to :D )
- istjohn 7y agoThis is true. It is a subtle problem with carbon offsets that is hard to understand intuitively even if it's logically straightforward. It makes being a truly "Green" consumer difficult when a "Green" producer can turn around and sell carbon offsets or the like based on the product you purchased.
- DeonPenny 7y agoThats under the assumption that without Tesla they'd make electric cars which is a bad assumption because they are building their biggest competitor which is their worse nightmare. A more likely idea would be that without tesla they'd just pay the taxes or lobby for them to be lower citing the fact that they can't hit the goal like they have been in other places like the EU.