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A war economy just gives the government control of more stuff; it doesn't reduce their incentive to use the stuff. Faith in that is essentiañly faith in autocra
by Jeff_Brown 3y ago
A war economy just gives the government control of more stuff; it doesn't reduce their incentive to use the stuff. Faith in that is essentiañly faith in autocracy.
Proper pricing of externalities would be better.
- ta1243 3y agoNon-carbon energy production in the UK tends to be delayed by years through planning appeals as some rich person doesn't want "their view" spoiled. In 1939 the UK built dozens or hundreds of airbases across the country. No consultation, no hang wringing, just got on and did it. Climate change is a larger threat to the UK than Nazi Germany. We need to treat it as such.