• Ni@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There are often talks of carbon taxing, but removing subsidies would seen to be the obvious first step. Subdiside greener options instead.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Ah tradition, the argument that has definitely not been used to justify all kinds of problematic and horrific thing

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    1 year ago

    Because if fuel/milk/meat doubled or tripled in price, and the average member of the developed world would riot, and the guys in charge like being in charge. To the terminally online people, you are not the average. Just because you have a diet that gurgles gonads, or don’t have to drive a lot for your work, doesn’t mean the rest also don’t have to.