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Re:Researchers are racing to find out why methane levels are... by ComputerGuru on Friday September 20, 2019 @12:18PM (#21028341)
That’s very high and noble but look at France and les Gilets jaunes. Even voting in people willing to bite the bullet and pull the trigger on much needed actions is not enough.

And that’s a shame because the general consensus is that in terms of effectiveness (i.e. not accounting for economic fallout), simply directly taxing CO2 emissions at “only” $60-100 per metric ton would work instant miracles.

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Re:Researchers are racing to find out why methane levels are... by WhompingWindows on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:51PM (#21029987)
Yeah, you're right. Even if we do vote, it's likely we will fail. Even if we ignore the US senate as a major, broken obstacle to climate legislation...will any said legislation actually be in time? will it be enforced? will it not be challenged by courts?

Vote anyways, it's our duty to at least do that.

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