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The "something" to be done is very simple: 1) End fossil fuel subsidies 2) Apply or increase taxes on emissions 3) Invest the money from 1 and 2 heavily in n
by semi-extrinsic 7y ago
The "something" to be done is very simple:
1) End fossil fuel subsidies
2) Apply or increase taxes on emissions
3) Invest the money from 1 and 2 heavily in nuclear, renewables and CO2 capture and storage for industries that can't just switch to clean electricity, negative emissions and "mild geoengineering" solutions.
Unfortunately, this is bad news for lots of existing multinational companies, and for lots of rich people, who lobby politicians hard to avoid this.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAlso for jobs. A big issue in my country is the vocal subpopulation employed in coal mining, and the larger population believing that our coal industry is somehow nationally strategic; both of which will vote against anyone with any sensible climate strategy. I took a look the programs of our parties during last EU MEP elections, and sound treatment of climate issue is essentially inversely correlated with popularity of the party.