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> No one is willing to change their own behavior, they want other people to change. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.m.wikiped
by meowkit 5y ago
> No one is willing to change their own behavior, they want other people to change.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
A tax is a practical way to address this. Internalizing the externalities is the way the wiki puts it.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoIt’s not practical if there isn’t the political will to implement it.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoFollowing up: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/obituary-carbon-tax-beloved-climate-policy-dies-47/619507/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/obituary... (Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47)