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amelius
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$1000 grant for individuals working on climate cha...
> It is not possible solve climate change with market forces (i.e. price the negative externalities into products like oil and gas through taxes)
Why not?
joejohnson
on Jan 7, 2021
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Because those that would be regulated and forced to pay for these negative externalities make the rules. Oil and gas companies simply pay off the regulators and it costs them orders of magnitude less than the actual damage they cause to the world.
justnotworthit
on Jan 4, 2021
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To some, government corrupted by big business == capitalism == free market == need for large, powerful, uncorruptible government
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