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amanaplanacanal 3y ago
Carbon should be taxed when it comes out of the ground. It’s the only way that price signals can actually change people’s behavior. Is also the most market friendly way to do it. But at least in the US it seems politically impossible.
robertlagrant 3y ago
Well, consumption is what drives it. Education-based messages that convince people to consume less/differently are the non-authoritarian way to effect change.