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When are they going to push for taxes/penalties on power generated by coal?

• eibubuiduid 5y ago
  Environmental laws have to punish individuals directly so that people feel that something is being done. For example, banning plastic grocery bags instead of plastic food packaging, even though food packaging is a significantly higher proportion of litter.
  • sschueller 5y ago
    The issue with plastic bags is overblown and banning them doesn't solve the actual issue it just makes as all feel like we are doing something. Waste management is the problem. Sure excessive use of plastic should be prevented but what is more important is what happens after it has been used. Landfills are a horrible solution as trash is in the open and can migrate to water ways etc. Ideally all trash should be incinerated and the waste gases cleaned and captured. The heat can be used to generate power. The plastic should also be manufactured in such a way that it burns as clean as possible.
• burkaman 5y ago
  Can't always trust what Elon says, but allegedly he has lobbied Trump and Biden to institute a carbon tax https://electrek.co/2021/02/11/elon-musk-asked-biden-administration-implement-carbon-tax/ https://electrek.co/2021/02/11/elon-musk-asked-biden-adminis...
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• dillondoyle 5y ago
  When Joe Manchin can no longer hold the Senate hostage and Dems have larger majorities ;) But to be less flippant it does look like we are pushing with our European counterparts to build a framework with provisions to punish trade with countries that do not reduce coal power. That pressure + China's public marketing to become the new hegemonic power seems to have moved the needle. China just announced they won't fund new coal development which is a positive step forward, just not the giant marathon miles forward we need immediately.