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Consumers drive the business decisions. Set incentives to make the consumers choose the more environmentally conscious choice, via a carbon / plastic / waste t

by ivl 7y ago

Consumers drive the business decisions. Set incentives to make the consumers choose the more environmentally conscious choice, via a carbon / plastic / waste tax to cover the externalities.

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WA 7y ago
If consumer drove business decisions, we‘d still have no seat belts and the ozone layer would not exist anymore because of CFC. In some ways, consumers can make a difference, but only to serve as a trigger for political decisions (if we get lucky). Also in your example, what comes first – the consumer’s choice or the carbon tax?
- aeternus 7y ago
  The tax should come first. Price incentives are strong, they will drive consumer behavior which will drive business behavior.
- dorfsmay 7y ago
  Wheren't both those examples driven by government regulations?
  - dmoy 7y ago
    Yes, for example in 49 U.S.C. §301 and 42 U.S.C. §7671.
  - WA 7y ago
    That is my point :)