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> There are two ways to achieve this: 1) You make burning it more expensive (carbon tax). 2) You make alternatives to burning it cheaper. A market that relies
by sgu999 2y ago
> There are two ways to achieve this: 1) You make burning it more expensive (carbon tax). 2) You make alternatives to burning it cheaper.
A market that relies solely on prices as an incentive is unlikely to be the right tool for what's at stake. What would be the price of the natural habitat of the last wild elephants? A billion dollars? Let's hope Elon doesn't feel like building a gigafactory right there.
- chpatrick 2y agoThere's always going to be a market with prices whether you like it or not. The only thing you can do is ensuring that the prices reflect the amount of damage to the environment.
- sgu999 2y agoYou can have a market without relying solely on it, that's what we do for many things already. Driving everything through a market is quite a recent development. So no, it's not "the only you can do".
- chpatrick 2y agoI'm saying some form of market is inevitable, the best you can do is try to control it.