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I'm generally opposed to climate change solutions that seem focused on punishing people who want to enjoy something. Advocacy focusing on making other people fe

I'm generally opposed to climate change solutions that seem focused on punishing people who want to enjoy something. Advocacy focusing on making other people feel bad doesn't seem to scale. The risk of blowback is not worth tiny incremental improvements. If someone wants to blast down the highway at 200mph, and they can do it in an electric car or pay for the cost of sequestering the carbon, I say let 'em. I wouldn't want to die on the battlefield of telling people to stop enjoying the things they enjoy and when we can just tell them to pay for its cost.

freemint 5y ago
Do you have a suggestion how we can make the people blasting down the highway at 200mph pay for sequestering carbon, without making everyone pay for it? Increasing fuel prices for the sake climate didn't turn out that popular in France. So if you have another solution that is implementable, please share.
- bradlys 5y ago
  They already do by the fact that 200mph speed is much more fuel consumption per unit of distance traveled than say 60mph. There is no vehicle I know of that uses the same amount of fuel at 60mph as it does at 200mph for unit of distance traveled. Include the tax in gasoline per unit of volume and the people going 200+ will pay much more than those going 60. (Much much more)