California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate

Re:California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate by kilotaras on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:26AM (#22200272)

> Take climate change. If every corporation took a carbon negative stance like Stripe and Microsoft, that would make a big dent in carbon emissions.

But then some corporation would move away from that, get extra money and eat competition who is more green/moral/etc.

Competitive economy maximizes profits in the space allowed by regulations. That's a feature, not a bug. But it also means that expecting some sectors/inputs to become unfashionable and die out is very close to wishful thinking.

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Re:California's housing bill SB 50 has died in the state Senate by veeralpatel979 on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:47PM (#22207189)

In theory, yes.

But I don't see Microsoft or Stripe going anywhere soon. They've built many great products and delivered a lot of value to users and displacing them will not be easy.

Spending money on lowering climate emissions may help improve their public image, which is a good tradeoff.

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