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I’ve come to the conclusion the only way to make progress on carbon is to ban the sale of new devices that use fossil fuel when an alternative technology exists.

Either that, or use military force to shut down one refinery a day until there are none left.

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>I’ve come to the conclusion the only way to make progress on carbon is to ban the sale of new devices that use fossil fuel when an alternative technology exists.

Maybe if you're a dictator. In the real world you'll face tons of political opposition

https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/combustion-e...

https://www.politico.eu/article/heat-pumps-exploded-germany-...

That's kinda besides the point. The point is that without some kind of ban (viable or not, political opposition or not, made by a dictator or made by public voting, yadda yadda), you're not likely to make progress on reducing carbon emissions.

>without some kind of ban (viable or not, political opposition or not, made by a dictator or made by public voting, yadda yadda), you're not likely to make progress on reducing carbon emissions.

What's wrong with something like a carbon tax, which lets the market decide what the most cost effective way of cutting carbon emissions is?

Loopholes.

Eugene, Oregon and California tried to ban natural gas hookups in new construction last year. But a search is telling me that California lost on appeal and Eugene retracted their law rather than go to litigation.

Ukraine's doing their part to "green" Russia one drone strike at a time.

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