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It’s not “galaxy brain logic”, it’s absolutely correct. We the people want cheap energy and cheap oil in particular. Exemplified by recent Texas freeze, very re
by tomp 5y ago
It’s not “galaxy brain logic”, it’s absolutely correct. We the people want cheap energy and cheap oil in particular. Exemplified by recent Texas freeze, very recent pipeline-closure-induced gas shortages in the US, less recent protests in France after gas tax hikes ...
The only viable solution is a revenue-neutral tax (i.e. tax carbon but redistribute the money back to the population, making it a progressive tax).
- marcus_holmes 5y agoWe always forget how much we can cope with change. We're just coming out of a pandemic where the working patterns of most[0] people have changed drastically. Working from home moved from being a rare thing to a common thing. Schools moved to teaching via videolink. All that, practically overnight. If we rationed fuel for personal use, then suddenly everyone would car pool. No, we might not like it, but we'd make it work. In WW2, the government rationed all sorts of things, and lots of stuff became plain unavailable. People coped. We all want cheap energy, but if energy stopped being cheap, we'd cope. [0] I have no idea on the actual numbers. I'm assuming it's "most" because everyone I know works from home now. I could be in a bubble.
- tomp 5y agoYou definitely live in a bubble. The people protesting in France weren’t high-earning programmers, but low-earning farmers who are very impacted by such price increases.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoI was referring to maybe/maybe not "most" people changing working habits due to the pandemic (and that might not be correct because I live in a bubble). Most people will definitely be impacted by higher energy costs. I think we can all agree on that. The French protest at a drop of a hat. Well-known for it. It's like a national hobby.