Re:The $47T Death Sentence for Oil and Gas
by AtlasBarfed on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:52AM
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Cheap if you continue to escape paying carbon taxes.
Gas should have a $2 tax to offset the carbon it puts in the air and a 2-10$ tax for the historically untaxed pollution. (per gallon).
The production of oil for plastics and other materials is paltry compared to fuel. Of course that will continue.
The point of this activism is to start the process of disincentivizing oil production, since governments are completely corrupted by oligarchy and economics for the rich and won't impose proper regulation.
Your straw mans are "all oil production will cease immediately" (impossible) and "oil is the BEST POWER SOURCE" (it's not due to impending climate crises)
The point of the article is that activism is actually having a potential effect on financing of oil extraction projects.
Which is utterly shocking, I didn't think that was possible.
Gas should have a $2 tax to offset the carbon it puts in the air and a 2-10$ tax for the historically untaxed pollution. (per gallon).
The production of oil for plastics and other materials is paltry compared to fuel. Of course that will continue.
The point of this activism is to start the process of disincentivizing oil production, since governments are completely corrupted by oligarchy and economics for the rich and won't impose proper regulation.
Your straw mans are "all oil production will cease immediately" (impossible) and "oil is the BEST POWER SOURCE" (it's not due to impending climate crises)
The point of the article is that activism is actually having a potential effect on financing of oil extraction projects.
Which is utterly shocking, I didn't think that was possible.