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Make taxes big enough to make pollution too expensive even in cheap countries? Buying less, but more expensive because of less polluting manufacturing methods
by mantas 6y ago
Make taxes big enough to make pollution too expensive even in cheap countries?
Buying less, but more expensive because of less polluting manufacturing methods is the answer. Economy will still keep going.
- giantg2 6y ago"Economy will still keep going." How so? If you are adding crushing taxes, then you're likely to see a downturn in production and consumption, which generally results in a weak or shrinking economy.
- mantas 6y agoPolluting taxes will promote spending on less polluting ways to manufacture. Or better quality goods that put out same amount of pollution, but you end up buying them not as frequently. Let's take a hipothetical sweater as an example. Now I buy a €20 sweater every 2 years. Let's say pollution tax would be €10. Suddenly it becomes €30 sweater and my €10/year sweater budget becomes €15/year. Instead, I could buy a nice sweater for €40 (+€10 tax) and wear it for 5 years. Now I'm back at original €10/year budget. Economy wise, most of the chain is now just making nicer stuff that takes more resources. Aside from truck driver. Who is now moving twice as much sweaters. But €10 tax ideally would go to environment-improving projects and some drivers will make a living in those new sectors.