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I too think that people that refuse to believe are a problem, but honestly, they are nowhere near the primary problem. The primary problem is that people will g
by darksaints 7y ago
I too think that people that refuse to believe are a problem, but honestly, they are nowhere near the primary problem. The primary problem is that people will greedily hold onto a broken status quo if fixing it means they might be held accountable. There is always someone else that is the problem, never yourself.
In Seattle, almost everybody agrees with the scientific consensus on global warming. But if you ask them how to fix it, they'll tell you to go after the oil companies. Or corporations in general. Or China. Or India. But a carbon tax? One that raises my gas bill? No way! Everybody else is the problem, never me.
- mordymoop 7y agoPlaying with the linked web app shows pretty clearly that a carbon tax, or taxes on oil and natural gas, will in fact do very little. The conclusion I'm forced to draw after playing with all the dials is that it's literally impossible to "austerity" our way out of this. We're going to have to invent and develop our way out of it. Don't trust me; play with the sliders yourself.
- darksaints 7y agoA carbon tax is significant. By itself it shows 1C reduction potential. Sure that's not enough, but there are no silver bullets...not even new technology can do it on its own.
- Ohn0 7y agoI wonder what the version of this web app and knobs would have looked like to address the threat of mountains of horse manure piling up in NYC, prior to the advent of the ICE which innovated the problem away.