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Unless buyers of the coins were charged based on the carbon footprint of the coins they bought, this would just cause mining to move to places where there was n
by paulgb 7y ago
Unless buyers of the coins were charged based on the carbon footprint of the coins they bought, this would just cause mining to move to places where there was no carbon tax.
- wizzwizz4 7y agoIt would also reduce supply of locations, increasing the amount people would have to pay. Do this enough, and it would no longer be economically feasible.
- londons_explore 7y agoUnless copyrighted works couldn't cross borders, copyright infringement would just happen in countries which don't enforce copyright... The US having worldwide enforcement of IP rules a primary foreign policy goal for the past 50 years has mostly closed that loophole, despite most other countries not having a direct financial incentive to enforce copyrights. The same could be done with worldwide environmental costs.