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> No, the most reasonable solution is for everyone to be responsible for their own pollution. I think you are incorrect. 2 issues with this make it less reason
by Supermancho 4y ago
> No, the most reasonable solution is for everyone to be responsible for their own pollution.
I think you are incorrect. 2 issues with this make it less reasonable than other alternatives.
1. Traditionally, costs are externalized to lower economic tiers (corporate socialism), in capitalistic countries. The wealthy charter isn't responsible for the Carbon, because they aren't producing it. It's not their plane. The cost might be shared across the staff (possibly + passengers) or the organization funding it, etc. There are a multitude of easily accessible avoidance tactics.
2. Politically, this is a non-starter for the masses during economic downturns and a 50/50 during economic upswings. The tyranny of the masses would rather a percentage of higher economic tier members take on costs than themselves.
These forces are a large part of why the movement for carbon neutrality has only been promoted (mostly voluntarily!) by big corporate PR announcements. Granted, mostly these are accounting tricks rather than true carbon sequestering, which is needed.