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Re:Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down by specialist on Sunday March 22, 2020 @12:03PM (#22655954)
"great case for carbon tax + dividend"

Squint a bit and Canada's carbon dividend looks like UBI.

I'm fully on board.

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Re:Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down by nogabebop23 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @12:22PM (#22656119)
>> Squint a bit and Canada's carbon dividend looks like UBI.

As an Albertan I'm not super-happy about paying for the country's party over the past 20 years and now being kicked out of the house when we're out of beer.

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Re:Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down by specialist on Sunday March 22, 2020 @12:31PM (#22656189)
That's such a great analogy.

FWIW I am (was) seriously considering moving to Wyoming or other net beneficiary of our own federal largess.

Noting your work in asset planning, I'd love to find a counterpoint to VOX's David Roberts coverage of the energy industry, with respect to climate crisis, renewables, governance, financials, etc.

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