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>Every .1% reduction counts. As an approach I don't agree - I think it's only keeping carbon in the ground that matters. Burning it 50 years later isn't a mean
by snthd 4y ago
>Every .1% reduction counts.
As an approach I don't agree - I think it's only keeping carbon in the ground that matters. Burning it 50 years later isn't a meaningful improvement.
If it's going to be kept in the ground, that's the place to start - the markets will do the rest.
Efficiency first/alone (as policy) is flawed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
>That’s how we got here, ever so slightly increasing, and that’s how we must fix it
We got here by non-renewable fuel extraction being profitable, not by variations in demand - that only affects the timescale of extraction.
We didn't tax the polluters enough to break the economics driving climate change. We still don't.
- speakfreely 4y agoThe problem with taxing polluters is that it doesn't happen in a vacuum. Those costs get passed down to consumers. So you're really asking for shared sacrifice from society in general, which has been a complete non-starter on this issue since the 1970s.