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Well, guess you want both eternal exponential growth for everybody, as well as a healthy planet to live on, but without any sort of compromise whatsoever.
by rocgf 5y ago
Well, guess you want both eternal exponential growth for everybody, as well as a healthy planet to live on, but without any sort of compromise whatsoever.
- snikeris 5y agoA pro-human stance includes concern for the environment that humans live in. So I do want a healthy planet to live on. Making everything cost more for everyone...doesn't sound like much of a compromise
- rocgf 5y agoI don't think you really understand what cost means in this case. Or a compromise. Thinking that cost just means paying more -> bad is a very simplistic way to look at things. Cost, especially via taxation, means setting aside a part of our productivity as a planet towards making sure we don't destroy ourselves. Everybody should contribute because everyone has skin in the game. By taxing CO2 specifically, you force people towards choosing more sustainable choices automatically. Understand that you can't have a completely free market and an environment in which you want to live.
- snikeris 5y ago> an environment in which you want to live. The environment you are proposing is unlivable. When you are living on less than $2 a day, things costing more is a matter of life and death. Your fellow humans need more sources of reliable energy, not less.