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Re:Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet by fjsolwmv on Saturday November 24, 2018 @03:49PM (#18523906)
That only works if taxing countries ahave a way to estimate should-be-taxable events in other countries.

How do you know of Chieng-Shen's widgets are from polluting factories but Hong Wan's aren't?

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Re:Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet by nickparker on Saturday November 24, 2018 @11:48PM (#18525517)
Carbon taxes generally don’t need to be huge to achieve their goals, so anyone without proof they’re clean can be taxed as though they’re filthy.
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