> is completely frivolous and unnecessary
How so? Would people not stop polluting voluntarily if it's so frivolous?
Instead, there are protests like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests
How so? Would people not stop polluting voluntarily if it's so frivolous?
Instead, there are protests like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests
The moral of the story: if you add a carbon tax, don't let it push large numbers of the population downward on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Nobody who loses their job due to climate change policy will give a shit about the planet, unless/until they get another job.
Or was it just going into some pension fund for underproductive bureaucrat?
A high-ranking coworker of mine is flying out to NYC for a meeting next week. This is a guy who’s been working from home since covid started. Why all of a sudden does he need to fly anywhere? Why can’t another zoom call work?
If and when we have full-fledged businesses on the moon corporate execs are going find a reason to fly there too, just to tell people that’s what they’re doing.