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Instead of banning whatever arbitrary thing the government deems to be using too much electricity, you could just tax carbon.
by solveit 6y ago
Instead of banning whatever arbitrary thing the government deems to be using too much electricity, you could just tax carbon.
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- ben_w 6y agoAnd tax imports from places which don’t tax carbon. Works for physical stuff, doesn’t work for digital stuff.
- solveit 6y agoDepends on the digital stuff. BTC in particular is incredibly traceable. Tax on conversion to fiat if source of BTC is a country that doesn't tax carbon. Any sensible anti money laundering system should be tracking all the relevant information anyway.