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Why don’t we focus on the problems we can solve today? Cars, power generation, and improve industrial process that emit green house gasses. We could solve thes
by wil421 5y ago
Why don’t we focus on the problems we can solve today? Cars, power generation, and improve industrial process that emit green house gasses.
We could solve these issues “today” in a sense. Creating new carbon neutral building materials that last as long as current stuff seems like a huge risk.
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis...
- ajmurmann 5y agoWhy not both? If we had a carbon tax the market would drive us to save wherever is most achievable
- yonaguska 5y agoThat is until the well-connected lobby carbon tax loopholes into the implementation and use the carbon tax yet another tool for regulatory capture to stomp out competition. Or, companies simply shift more production to developing countries to skirt taxes. We can create ecological disasters over there instead... While I like the idea of attaching monetary costs to otherwise ignored externalities, I don't see the carbon tax having any chance of being fairly and effectively implemented.
- kaibee 5y ago> That is until the well-connected lobby carbon tax loopholes into the implementation This is a fully general counter-argument against doing anything. iirc Canada has a carbon-tax and its working fine?
- orhmeh09 5y agoWorking fine by what measure?
- imtringued 5y agoIntroduce CO2 tariffs. Get the republicans on board through protectionist policies that actually make sense.