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Re:Monarch butterfly populations in U.S. west are down an or... by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday December 02, 2018 @06:41AM (#18581930)
I think people being upset about rising fossil fuel taxes are not unreasonable. It hurts them in their immediate day to day lives. The government could try methods of fighting climate change that hurt them less.
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Re:Monarch butterfly populations in U.S. west are down an or... by NeedMoreTea on Sunday December 02, 2018 @06:50AM (#18581957)
Everyone's day to day life needs to change if we are to resolve this. That almost certainly means making undesirable things ever more expensive.

I don't know the detail of the French measures, but I could understand people being upset if the taxes are on the citizen but sparing industrial polluters. Or if there aren't adequate alternatives, such as promoting electric vehicles.

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