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So we pay more for tires, the pollution keeps happening, and the extra money is used for virtue signaling with minimal change?

• oefnak 2y ago
  No, investing in healthier tires becomes economically viable.
  • krisoft 2y ago
    What does “healthier tire” mean and how will the taxman know which tire is healthier and which one is not?
    • terribleperson 2y ago
      You start out by measuring tires with some metric, like "pounds of of particulate released pe 50,000 miles when loaded at x", and tax tires with a worse rating higher. Them you're gonna have to keep an eye on additives to tires, because it's always possible someone will find something that makes tires wear slower but the particles more toxic. It's not impossible.
• 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
  There will be less pollution if polluting costs more
• netsharc 2y ago
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  • paulryanrogers 2y ago
    Your rebuttal was going well until the personal attack. Maybe it's not too late to edit?
• barbazoo 2y ago
  > So we pay more for tires, the pollution keeps happening, and the extra money is used for virtue signaling with minimal change? It's often used to promote change, see Canada for instance where the money goes back to citizens et al: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work/putting-price-on-carbon-pollution.html#toc3 https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services...
• triceratops 2y ago
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