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Originally Posted by exes
I'm pretty sure climate change is happening.For good or bad? I'm also pretty sure a good part of it is caused by humans. And even if I'm wrong, like many other posters have mentioned, living less energy intensively is a pretty good goal. I agree. Turn off your computer and plant a tree. J/K We as a HUGE society will not change quickly enough to make much effect. Should have started 20 years ago. We'll never have perfect consensus nor perfect climate models, but I would rather be a little cautious. I doubt that government Always doubt the Govt. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Look at how crooked they are and even when caught selling Senate seats, freezers full of cash, Stuffin money into bras.. will be able to overreach with carbon taxation / credit trading since at every step of proposing these programs there's a huge outcry. Hell there was even an outcry when a revenue-neutral tax was proposed -- people got an income tax break equivalent to the amount paid out for the carbon tax, and I'd take the income tax break and switch away from carbon-intensive products, personally.
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In general I like the idea of taxing bad things. But who gets to decide the bad things in life. A washington politician thats been bought and paid for by the rich.
Perhaps your computer screen size is too large and you get a tax. Perhaps you've used your computer for too long today and you get a tax.
Never trust the Govt to do anything correctly. Good intentions can go very wrong.