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Part of me finds this really appealing. it only requires getting everyone on the planet to accept that things cost 10x what they do now. which is a hard pill
by mellavora 6y ago
Part of me finds this really appealing.
it only requires getting everyone on the planet to accept that things cost 10x what they do now.
which is a hard pill to swallow when you are living paycheck to paycheck, which is most of the world's population.
- bserge 6y agoA lot of countries seem to have had a system for reusing old glassware. And stuff they were used for like milk, beer, carbonated water weren't 10x more expensive. Nowadays it's recycled if you're lucky, or it ends up in a landfill.
- rlpb 6y agoIt could be done gradually. The first step is to introduce the assessment and remittance infrastructure. Governments could then choose to start with a 95% discount on the fee for example, and ramp it up over time. It could also choose to reduce the fee or entirely exempt certain products. You could see these as "environmental subsidies" on things that we consider important. The important thing is that costing in the environmental economic externality[1] would become the norm, rather than the exception. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality