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Agreed. If we could force companies to pay for externalized costs we could get to a net-zero earth immediately. Suddenly investments in green energy would incre
by willio58 4y ago
Agreed. If we could force companies to pay for externalized costs we could get to a net-zero earth immediately. Suddenly investments in green energy would increase 1000x
- m463 4y ago(and plunge civilization into a dark age overnight) Maybe people would stop self destructive habits like cigarettes and alcohol... (and maybe meat, and keeping pets) But all current electricity use would be diverted to solar panel and battery factories for a few years. Only rich people with solar panels could take hot showers... probably then only during sunny days. (interesting thought experiment)
- s3p 4y agoNone of this is directly implicated by the comment above.