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Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by haecceity on Friday January 03, 2020 @01:13AM (#21943708)
Companies in developed countries have been exporting emissions to developing countries. Those companies are profiting while people like you and I point fingers at each other. Pretty funny. Anyway if you look at the emission metrics per capita it's still developed countries at the top.
Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by fierarul on Friday January 03, 2020 @06:13AM (#21944940)
... but if developed countries are asking developing countries to reduce their emissions it means they are implicitly asking for a price raise too, no? So, why not do that?
Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by haecceity on Friday January 03, 2020 @06:35AM (#21945032)
Not everyone can afford the price raise. Firms in developed countries would be hurt if consumption decreases due to the price raise so who’s going to support this policy?
Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by fierarul on Friday January 03, 2020 @01:51PM (#21949028)
So could this really lead to a global depression? I doubt it.
Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by haecceity on Saturday January 04, 2020 @01:08AM (#21953203)
Not saying it could. I'm just discussing the incentives involved.