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Old 08-01-2019, 05:20 PM   #461 (permalink)
jwb
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@ Lisna

I won't lie I'm not familiar with your example. But my main point is they aren't going to actually fix the problem of climate change. In fact, conservation in general won't fix it.

Only changing the energy infrastructure in addition to carbon trapping technology can fix it.

At least, that is assuming some of the warnings climate scientists are giving are accurate.

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Originally Posted by Doug McClasky View Post
I agree carbon taxes are essentially worthless but do you think it's politically counter productive to not do anything against oil companies who actively lobby and spread propaganda (funding Prager U and right wing talking heads and such) to kill anything that hurts their business model? Are they not literally The Enemy, or one of them at least?
Yeah I don't care about the oil companies. But the reasons I am not so crazy about carbon taxes has nothing to do with protecting them. If anything, a true renewable alternative would threaten them far more than any tax could.

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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
Id like to be wrong, but I don't think there is a solution with with The GOP

they want to go down with the ship, they're saying it's not happening

the cognitive dissonance is too strong
Don't think I don't notice that.
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