Re:Browser-based climate change simulation
by mordymoop on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:45AM
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Playing with the linked web app shows pretty clearly that a carbon tax, or taxes on oil and natural gas, will in fact do very little. The conclusion I'm forced to draw after playing with all the dials is that it's literally impossible to "austerity" our way out of this. We're going to have to invent and develop our way out of it. Don't trust me; play with the sliders yourself.
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Re:Browser-based climate change simulation
by darksaints on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:53AM
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A carbon tax is significant. By itself it shows 1C reduction potential. Sure that's not enough, but there are no silver bullets...not even new technology can do it on its own.
Re:Browser-based climate change simulation
by Ohn0 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:34PM
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I wonder what the version of this web app and knobs would have looked like to address the threat of mountains of horse manure piling up in NYC, prior to the advent of the ICE which innovated the problem away.