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Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction by baggy_trough on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:52PM (#22599660)
I assure you that people will be so desperate for jobs that carbon management will not enter their thoughts even one iota.
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Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction by jay_kyburz on Monday March 16, 2020 @11:40PM (#22601403)
It would be nice to think that a lot of the new jobs would be in carbon and environment management.

I'd like to see the government pay anybody who wants a job to plant trees.

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Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction by kortilla on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:36AM (#22602347)
With what new revenue? Are you also proposing a new tax burden for a recently slammed economy? That’s gonna be a hard sell.
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Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:50AM (#22603291)
There have been long periods of higher taxes and economic growth. If the private sector can't keep people economically active then the state will step in.
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Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction by jay_kyburz on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:39AM (#22605921)
It's called a stimulus package!
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Re:Global oil use heads for steepest annual contraction by ailideex on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:49AM (#22602407)
> It would be nice to think that [...]

It sure would ... wouldn't it.

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