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I also hope so. It’s not like the country can’t afford it. It’s hard not to view Norway and other big fossil fuel exporters as being analogous to cigarette com
by derriz 4y ago
I also hope so. It’s not like the country can’t afford it. It’s hard not to view Norway and other big fossil fuel exporters as being analogous to cigarette companies. Everyone knows what you’re selling is poison but you get a pass because we’ve come accustomed to it. In an ideal world, carbon fuels would be taxed at source - ie those countries who do the extraction and profit from it would be liable for the associated externalities. Currently efforts target consumers rather than producers.
- matsemann 4y agoYeah, we like to believe we and our oil is so "clean". It's just that we export it for others to burn, and import products produced with pollution attributed to other's soil..
- SyzygistSix 4y agoDemand and genuine need is the issue, not production. Better that production is in Western democracies with high environmental standards than elsewhere. The issue is using those fossil fuels to reduce how much we will need them in the future and using them to transition to green energy. Cigarettes are a bad analogy. A necessary life-saving drug we all depend upon with bad side effects is more apt. Ramping up production of a better life-saving drug is the solution, not stopping production of the old one.