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Just ban fossil fuel extraction. Then fossil fuels will become too expensive to burn. That is a much more "free market" solution than a byzantine system of taxe
by dTal 3y ago
Just ban fossil fuel extraction. Then fossil fuels will become too expensive to burn. That is a much more "free market" solution than a byzantine system of taxes that will probably fail to adequately model all externalities.
- reducesuffering 3y agoYou're hopelessly naive and haven't read even a few hours into the economic ramifications of 0 zero fossil fuels in the current global economy. Their products are embedded into everything and many simply don't have alternatives. Our best hope is to account for the fossil fuel externalities such that their use (probably at a significant reduction) accurately pays to remedy the consequences. There is no world you'd want to live in with 0 fossil fuels.