I'm not sure why you cling to the carbon tax solution

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I'm not sure why you cling to the carbon tax solution

BuckGalaxy — 12/13/2023 7:19:25 PM (archived)

I'm not sure why you cling to the carbon tax solution. I've pointed out the obvious problem to it before. Maybe you didn't read my response? I'll reiterate: Taxes are too easily repealed. All it would take is a rightwing president and congress and it's gone. Done. Over. A carbon tax is not a solution because it would never stand the test of time. It's a good solution that would never survive politically. Please recognize this reality and let it go.

At least you are trying to use economics as a solution in attempting to lower demand for fossil fuels by raising the price. Instead of artificially raising the price, the same solution is acheived by making renewables cheaper than fossil fuels. They have reached that point and are getting cheaper.

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cocktail napkin calculus - ER - 12/12/2023 3:00:29 PM
- Innovation is not the forte of cronic pessimists... - BuckGalaxy - 12/12/2023 7:27:46 PM
  - Buck, you seem to not grasp the scale of the problem - RL - 12/13/2023 6:45:32 AM
    - Another attempt at avoiding doomsday ruined by scale.... - RL - 12/13/2023 8:50:38 AM
      - Even published 'scientists' sometimes have difficulty grasping scale - RL - 12/13/2023 10:51:24 AM
        
        Thanks for the antipodean support. - ER - 12/13/2023 9:51:27 PM
        
        I agree with you in part - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 10:56:58 PM
        
        Thank you for all that - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 7:14:34 PM
  - Thick as a brick - ER - 12/12/2023 9:30:08 PM
  - Another scheme - podrock - 12/12/2023 9:05:44 PM
    - You'll note all tbhese schemes have one thing in common... - ER - 12/13/2023 1:07:59 AM
      - Seriously - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 3:22:07 AM
        
        There is only one way we can stop climate change. - ER - 12/13/2023 5:41:22 AM
        
        I trust Mother Nature will have the solution if we don't come up with one. n/t - RobVG - 12/13/2023 8:59:03 PM
        
        and if Mother Nature lets us down - ER - 12/14/2023 6:29:56 PM
        
        I'm not sure why you cling to the carbon tax solution - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 7:19:25 PM
        
        I'm not sure why you cling to - ER - 12/13/2023 8:11:19 PM
        
        C'mon bro - BuckGalaxy - 12/15/2023 3:53:39 AM
        
        You skipped right over the point - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 8:55:49 PM
        
        I blame myself. - podrock - 12/13/2023 9:57:19 PM
      - Wrong answer - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 2:49:03 AM
        
        Hey buck... - RobVG - 12/13/2023 9:01:28 PM
        
        will do - BuckGalaxy - 12/13/2023 9:09:20 PM
        
        C + O2 <=> CO2 + Energy is the only chemistry you need. - ER - 12/13/2023 6:31:52 AM

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