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I think it is underappreciated how an incentive to reduce emissions from a particular government often shift emitting activities to a different place rather tha
by adolph 3y ago
I think it is underappreciated how an incentive to reduce emissions from a particular government often shift emitting activities to a different place rather than reducing emissions.
Given that there would be little agreement for a new universal governance of human activity, one might think using existing governance structures might be a route. Unfortunately this may not the case. As an example, the recent changes in cargo ship fuel sulfur emissions may have just shifted emissions from atmospheric to oceanic. [0]
IMHO the best way forward is to lean into diffusing technological progress so that the most economic method of different human activities is also the least emitting. These methods may sometimes be initiated or gestated by subsidy but ultimately have to stand on their own, and they must be evaluated by total impact, not just shifting impact.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072023/ship-scrubbers-water-pollution/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072023/ship-scrubbers-w...