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The best way to cut CO2 emissions would be to _ban_ coal.
by rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago
The best way to cut CO2 emissions would be to _ban_ coal.
- Arnt 5y agoFine! Go ahead!
- rjsw 5y agoSome countries [1] will resist that kind of ban. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/20/poland-vows-to-keep-coalmine-open-despite-500000-a-day-ecj-fine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/20/poland-vows-to...
- nabla9 5y agoNo. The best way to cut emissions is to make CO2 expensive. It's even better than banning coal.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agoHow can a ban cost less than the market price? A ban is like a giant tax, whose amount is set by fines and jail time in addition to the black-market cost of procuring the thing in the first place (which includes the cost of evading the police and paying for the violence that comes with crime). PS: we don't tax crime and genocides, do we?
- imtringued 5y agoand natural gas and diesel and gasoline and and and
- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agoMaybe start with the worst, and when people have switched to a least (but still unbearable) poison, do the others? I usually starts with starters, then main course and finally dessert, even if I intend to eat my dinner whole.