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by dd36 8y ago
3) Tax plastic and use those taxes to pay for bins and removal. This has the dual effect of incentivizing the use of less plastic and paying for clean up.
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by dd36 8y ago
I hypothesize it's a poverty thing. When you're poor, why would you care about plastic waste. You're worried about your next meal.
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A team of AI algorithms just crushed humans in a complex computer game(technologyreview.com)
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by dd36 8y ago
Yes, it doesn’t spontaneously release itself. The solutions he then linked to don’t address the core issue. We know how to properly dispose of plastic.
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by dd36 8y ago
You're confusing waste that is properly disposed of with waste that is not. The problem is waste that is improperly disposed of and neither of those are solutions to that problem.
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by dd36 8y ago
By his logic, we should plastic wrap every vegetable and fruit. That is nonsensical. Humans don't dispose of things properly. That's a fact. Creating more plastic waste will create more plastic pollution. It's far easier to n
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by dd36 8y ago
During a recession you borrow money, spend and that constrains future cash flow. During an expansion you repay what you borrowed - that's the constraint. We're constraining future cash flow during an expansion. That is stupid. I a
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by dd36 8y ago
Same response as prior... this article is about plastic waste clogging rivers not CO2. Yes, there are other problems that also need better solutions. Stop conflating different problems. I have news for you: they don't plastic wrap cucu
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by dd36 8y ago
Ummm... this is about plastic waste not CO2 production. I agree that food can be better recycled into compost.
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by dd36 8y ago
Cucumbers are more harmful than plastic?!? I stopped reading right there. One timely biodegrades, the other doesn’t. That’s the whole problem.
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by dd36 8y ago
I am pretty sure these guys resell used panels in bulk. Not sure where they get them. http://sunelec.com/home/
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by dd36 8y ago
I disagree with the theory that we can grow our debt forever without consequence. I never advocated pegging to anything. Private banks create money through lending, correct. Lending is constrained by the supply of creditworthy customers. Mo
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by dd36 8y ago
Ummmm... you got a little sidetracked. We can do all of that without also going into debt. We shouldn't constrain future cash flow when we don't have to. And we don't have to. During a recession, we have to.
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by dd36 8y ago
I completely agree. It's naiveté. Technically, my local county recorder's office is a blockchain that has existed for centuries. It's cheap, reliable, correctable, enforceable, etc. It has all of the features without the down
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by dd36 8y ago
But, again, solutions to that already exist. Cheats to that system will be cheats to a blockchain system.
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by dd36 8y ago
But you still have to trust the people doing the inspecting and certifying - or whatever. I'd be less worried about them altering information than them altering or substituting actual product.
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by dd36 8y ago
How does it tamper-proof better than existing solutions?
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by dd36 8y ago
Are you sure that’s a problem? Doesn’t seem to be. Moreover blockchain doesn’t solve it.
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by dd36 8y ago
Bingo. I still don’t follow how blockchain solves current problems. If the problem in your country is a lack of good record keeping, that’s not a technological problem. It’s a political problem. Cheap solutions have existed for centuries. T
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by dd36 8y ago
If it’s used to invest then whatever is purchased is the offsetting asset. Sadly, it’s being used to fund current operations which has no offsetting asset. The offset is retained earnings. That can and needs to be fixed. It’s how state gove
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by dd36 8y ago
Debt isn’t being used to invest. It’s being used to fund current operations. Otherwise, yes, using debt to finance investment is a good thing. That isn’t what’s happening at Federal level.
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by dd36 8y ago
I said wealthier. And yes, as other state, the US had and has significantly more natural resources per capita.
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by dd36 8y ago
The bonds/loans are spent and have to be repaid with future revenue. A bond is a liability to the issuer not an asset. There is a transfer and it’s current rich from future rich.
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by dd36 8y ago
Yes it is like a credit card. You have to make payments and it reduces your cash flow. The Federal Reserve prints money not the government. And payments aren’t made with printed money.
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by dd36 8y ago
And debt is an intergenerational tax that fully offsets your argument. The young didn’t run deficits.
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by dd36 8y ago
The US is more wealthy. Moreover, perhaps Norway is wealthier because of its support systems.
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by dd36 8y ago
Agree. Student loan debt, lack of geographic distribution well-paying jobs, high cost of living by rentier capitalists in the places where those jobs exist means a crash in family creation. It takes comfort to start a family.
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by dd36 8y ago
Tesla sells clicks...
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by dd36 8y ago
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nevada-beat-ari...
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by dd36 8y ago
It’s probably too late. Too many entrenched interests and public interest groups don’t have resources.

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