"The world is going to hell, almost literally"
"We just need to figure out how to make money while avoiding it"
Which pretty much sums up why we are here.
"We just need to figure out how to make money while avoiding it"
Which pretty much sums up why we are here.
After talking to many people over many years - its getting increasing clear that we cannot afford to stop our economic systems.
Even meager impacts of these systems result in huge shocks to the political systems which result in politicians getting un-elected.
This means that the people talking about actual change will never get the floor - the requirements are too high- profit margins will take too much of a hit, GDP growth will become anemic and wage growth will be stunted.
The things we need, are too expensive, and its FAR too cheap to just abuse the commons, than to let people know the actual full price of the cheap and convenient goods we use.
A carbon tax/ETS is also a money driven solution, a proven one at that. No need to execute anyone.
Solving anything related to what they purport to solve? Nope.
Check this out: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-08/co2-emissions-hit-...
US does not have carbon tax. Many European countries do. You tell me how that happens.
Proven to reduce emissions, just like the Montreal protocol did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol.
> Sure. Finance a variety of pet projects that end up in nothing but money exchanging pockets? You betcha. Suppress the economic growth? Of course.
All those same arguments were said about the Montreal protocol, but the sky didn't fall.
> US does not have carbon tax. Many European countries do. You tell me how that happens.
According to your own source European emissions dropped 1.5% from 206 to 2016 while the US dropped 1.2%. Even this isn't a fair comparison as Europeans emit much less already, there is less fat to cut.
Additionally you seem to think we can reward people for sequestering carbon, where do you propose this reward comes from?
You are trying to confuse two things - suppression of economic growth and total collapse of the economics, and claiming since the latter didn't happen it proves no claim of the former could be ever true. It doesn't work that way.
> Additionally you seem to think we can reward people for sequestering carbon, where do you propose this reward comes from?
If you think it's important to do it, and many people like you do so, you could all chip in. We have some very wealthy people, billionaires, and more than one, that support doing something about this. Surely paying some money is the easiest way for them of doing something one could ever imagine.