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by djbebs 5y ago
The carbon is imposing a cost, and an arbitrary and politically defined one at that. This isn't really up for debate, since its the core idea of having such a licensing system in the first place. You could argue that a system where car
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Except carbon credits are not providing information, they are imposing costs. The 2 are not one and the same. You might argue that electricity providers having to inform their customers of how much carbon was generated in the production of
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It actually does. When your regulations is interfering with the normal functioning and price discovery of the market, you're not in a free market. You might be able to argue that regulations that simply provide market participants with
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Even ignoring the fact that this isn't a free market by any stretch, the fact is the EU imposes massive costs which will necessarily be reflected in the price of electricity. For example, about 60% of the cost of electricity in Poland
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Ha! They blocked me on twitter a few months ago when i pointed out it was a ponzi! Glad to see im not the only noticing this crap
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Come now...
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They can't afford to buy them. Getting in debt isn't going to help them afford it, it just makes them get deeper in the shit before they realize they can't get out of the swamp.
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If you're paying things under 1000$ in installments, you shouldn't be buying them.
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If history is any indication the answer to both of those were "they were wrong" and "caused severe financial issues to the company, if it didn't bankrupt them entirely"
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Lisbon? Walkable? Has the author ever been there?
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Thats not true at all
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Everyone's house is on the market. Some are just too expensive to bother with. I bet if I offered you a billion dollars a square foot you'd sell you beloved childhood home. And If you're the 1 in a billion who'd turn dow
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Well, if you want to control what can be built in the land around you, you have a very simple solution. Buy the land around you. No need to restrict what others can do on their land or you on yours
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Nothings wrong with that. Nothing is stopping you from buying up the land around you, or agreeing with you neighbors to make a HOA that has those characteristics. The problem with zoning, is that it isn't voluntary.
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Makes it easier to troubleshoot.
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It's necessary given that regular earthquakes cause unseen damage to houses.
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Phillip Morris international is a separate company from altria
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It's not, but tortious interference is a thing
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Because they are not insiders
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Shame that local councils are once again meddling in things they have no business being in.
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DFV stands for /u/deepfuckingvalue a reddit user who became famous for his bullish investment on gamestop which resulted in him becoming a multi-millionaire. You may know him from his part in the congress hearings regarding gamest
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There are plenty of old abandoned uranium mines in portugal. They were abandoned because the price of uranium is so cheap it's not economical to mine it, but that can change if the economics of the situation change (ie, it suddenly bec
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That matter because it gives those who it is useful an advantage in attacking the blockchain
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You know what would go a long way towards fiscal equity? Cutting taxes on the richest to 1/6th of what they currently are. It's not the rich that arent paying their fair share here.
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That step up is pointless since upon death you pay estate tax which is significantly higher
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It never did.
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To be honest you don't need to have big indepth discussions on your finances, but you should always regularly check in with your spouse (and kids) as to your monthly budget. Even something as simple as 15 minutes once a month, where yo
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Do they have an allowance? Let them "deposit" it with you in return for interest. Or let them "invest" it, in return for a greater allowance in the future. Make it clear to them that if they do certain specific chores, y
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No it isn't
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So its not revenue neutral.

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