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Why should a poor person have to pay more to heat their home in winter so that a rich person can wash their clothes more quickly That can be solved with tiered
by dagw 7y ago
Why should a poor person have to pay more to heat their home in winter so that a rich person can wash their clothes more quickly
That can be solved with tiered pricing. Your first N kWh a month are cheap and then the price ramps up quickly.
- untog 7y agoBut it doesn't solve the pollution problem. Why should a person be allowed to pollute more just because they have more money? Why is their convenience more important than everyone else's well being?
- dagw 7y agoWhy should a person be allowed to pollute more just because they have more money? As long as we make them pay a significantly large enough multiple of the externality costs they're inflicting I'm OK with that, especially if that money then gets reinvested into further solving the problem.