The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions

Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by bryanlarsen on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:04AM (#20554684)

In theory, if both the burger and the natural gas is domestic, it's fully accounted. The tax is on the natural gas so the cost shows up in the burger.

In practice, it's @#%#ed up, as usual. They didn't implement a carbon tariff, so foreign fertilizer would have been a lot cheaper than domestic fertilizer. But instead of putting a carbon tariff on foreign fertilizer, they gave domestic fertilizer a 90% exemption.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by gamblor956 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:58AM (#20555245)

Tariffs are often regulated by treaties or meet with reactionary tariffs so local exemptions are usually the most practical way of dealing with imports.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by Scoundreller on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:05PM (#20556024)

How do I get my own exemption? I’m more special than everyone else.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by gamblor956 on Monday July 29, 2019 @06:55PM (#20560331)

Do you compete in an industry subject to some sort of excise tax or tariff? If so, then hire a lawyer to explain the existing exemptions to you.

If not, go troll somewhere else.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by Scoundreller on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:07PM (#20561490)

The premise is that the exemptions were selected for political reasons, and a small fish in a small industry has zero chance of getting their own exemption.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by firethief on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:48PM (#20556593)

That's politically expedient, but if laundering carbon is as easy as exchanging goods across a border then what's the point?

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