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Good question. I could do some examples. Good: carbon tax or cap and trade (ideally revenue neutral). Electric car subsidies. Bad: climate lockdowns. Restrict
by mrfusion 5y ago
Good question. I could do some examples.
Good: carbon tax or cap and trade (ideally revenue neutral). Electric car subsidies.
Bad: climate lockdowns. Restricting travel. Travel credits. Social credit score tied to climate behavior. (This stuff keeps me up at night)
So bottom line:
Following this https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-huma... and this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights and you’re fine in my book.
But that’s not an assumption I make these days.
- treebot 5y agoWhat about just nationalizing the entire energy industry and everything related, instead of trying to work within the parameters of a free market for something with so many externalities?
- mrfusion 5y agoInteresting. It’s possible the government could run it well but I would worry without a profit motive they might not adjust to supply and demand quickly and might not pursue new technologies like fusion.
- advanced-DnD 5y agofission and fusion did not begin with private interest at heart. Not everything should be profit motivated, especially with public goods.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics)
- FormhellFrom 5y agoenergy research is typically publicly funded, no? With a profit motive, why would you even do anything besides the easiest and cheapest option of burning fossil fuels? Fusion research, especially, is so pie-in-the-sky right now that I doubt any profit-motivated company would even touch it with a 10 foot pole.