Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by onion2k on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:03AM
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$.10 a gallon adds up if you're a trucking business that buys 100,000 gallons a day. That's the point where business starts to lobby against the tax. And exempting businesses from the tax makes it pointless.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by darawk on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:25AM
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Ya I get that that's why it isn't happening. It's just ridiculous.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by lotsofpulp on Thursday February 27, 2020 @08:03PM
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Yes, if the goal was to actually reduce emissions, that would mean we need to reduce energy usage, and that would mean less moving around for less amount of mass. And that means incentivizing people to stay put, I.e. taxing fuel.
But that isn’t the goal; the goal is to look and feel like something is being done, but to not let it affect one’s quality of life.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by darawk on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:17PM
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Well, the goal isn't necessarily to reduce doing stuff. The goal is to price the costs of doing stuff appropriately. That incentivizes two things:
1. Doing less stuff 2. Doing the same amount of stuff with fewer negative side effects.
In the long run we'll get 2, and in the short run we'll get 1. And simply applying the tax will allow that transition to be seamless and efficient.
It's kind of incredible to me that we've banned plastic straws, but we aren't willing to add 10 cents / gallon to the cost of gas.