I wonder if all it would take is a change to how consumption taxes work. Sales tax and value added tax don't really discriminate between resource consumption an

I wonder if all it would take is a change to how consumption taxes work. Sales tax and value added tax don't really discriminate between resource consumption and value added from workmanship. But one could at least imagine a taxation scheme that instead focuses on material inputs (including fuel). And that would hypothetically economically favor higher-quality, more durable goods over things like planned obsolescence and fast fashion. Might be technically tricky to accomplish in a world where most manufacturing happens overseas, though.