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Re:The Maker of Gore-Tex Is Experimenting With an Artificial... by ShorsHammer on Saturday May 11, 2019 @06:36AM (#19885527)
Consumption should very much be taxed considering it is the simplest way to claw back all the environmental externalities in an ever polluted world with no one willing to take responsibility.
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Re:The Maker of Gore-Tex Is Experimenting With an Artificial... by zzzzzzzza on Saturday May 11, 2019 @12:03PM (#19886799)
if you really want to do that levy a carbon tax or a packaging tax or something more direct

a consumption tax would also penalize transactions that might decrease environmental impact e.g. solar panels, or of tools used in the construction of a composting toilet, those being easy, obvious examples.

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