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>> This drives the cost up, making electrified options (that don’t emit carbon) more competitive sooner. Interesting take on "competitive". I guess we could en
by skeeter2020 5y ago
>> This drives the cost up, making electrified options (that don’t emit carbon) more competitive sooner.
Interesting take on "competitive". I guess we could encourage renewables or capture externalities, but why do that when we can rig the entire system "for fairness"?
- toomuchtodo 5y agoIf there were a carbon tax and similar mechanisms, I wouldn’t need to advocate for tilting the playing field, as the market would solve this naturally. Unfortunately, a carbon tax (“capture externalities” in your comment) is untenable in the US and fossil fuels continue to receive hundreds of billions of dollars a year in subsidies. It’s a climate emergency with all of the urgency of afternoon tea. You must destroy demand for the root cause of the situation, as soon as possible (hence my comment). https://www.pnas.org/content/118/14/e2011969118 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/14/e2011969118 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fue...