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I call Fallacy of Accident. The guy only reasons special cases. It's not an absolute truth but there is some relative truth in many cases of food transport. IM
by alecco 18y ago
I call Fallacy of Accident. The guy only reasons special cases.
It's not an absolute truth but there is some relative truth in many cases of food transport. IMHO, the environmental cost should be added to the price tag in some way. The situation is similar to throwing garbage in public spaces.
Also note our minds tend to find ways to justify our actions when something we do bothers our conscience or sense of justice.
- ivankirigin 18y agoPrice of production incorporates cost of energy. The price of a product can be a great indicator of cost to the environment. If you want to increase the cost of producing energy intensive foods, the solution is to tax energy usage or carbon - NOT to somehow measure the environmental impact of each product directly. Such a bureaucracy would surely waste more resources than it saves.
- alecco 18y agoThe cost of energy doesn't offset the carbon emissions. You know what's worse? It wouldn't be that bad in the final price you pay, it's usually around 2-3%.
- ivankirigin 18y agoIncreasing energy prices through taxation lowers demand, drives money into research into now relatively cheaper alternatives. Buying carbon offsets doesn't do anything. The money a government collects on these taxes should go directly to funding research in viable alternatives.
- alecco 18y agoThere are many viable solutions right now for carbon offsetting. Financing electricity projects in the third world can decrease their carbon emissions significantly. This is quite often just financing powerlines and water network. Or just a small dam and generator somewhere. You don't need research for ethical progress. And this would help the whole world economy as it creates and promotes wealth.
- ivankirigin 18y agoIt doesn't actually solve the problem. We already know the solution: a technology cheaper than coal to generate electricity and a technology cheaper than gasoline for energy storage and transport. Helping third world nations is great. But it doesn't actually solve the problem.
- alecco 18y agoYou talk like it's mutually exclusive.
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