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This used to be a conservative and Republican idea. I'm grown up enough to admit that they are right: The market is absolutely the best way to decide who pays b
by jaybrendansmith 5y ago
This used to be a conservative and Republican idea. I'm grown up enough to admit that they are right: The market is absolutely the best way to decide who pays based on the cost of the externality, in this case, Kg of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere. We need this to start now, so it can be phased in over 10 years. We need to get all the big nations to jump off this cliff with us at the same time. The alternative is crazy. Yes there will be winners and losers, there always are. It will be very hard on some folks in the midwest, and the 150 coal miners left, and the fossil fuel companies and people in that industry. I hope they've all diversified into solar and wind by now. It's all too late, they suppressed this change for 20 years now. In that time, average temperature has risen by .8 degrees where I live. Time to put on the big boy pants and make the hard decisions, folks.