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Re:The global oil market is broken, drowning in crude nobody... by fulafel on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:49AM (#22719440)
In economics there is a wide consensus that the free market is a lousy guide when it comes to incorporating externalities like accelerating climate change causing millions of unnecessary deaths vs perceived need to drive around in gas guzzlers.

Taxes and cap-and-trade systems are indeed the mechanisms of how current international agreements try to attempt CO2 emissions, they're a fine way to implement it.

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Re:The global oil market is broken, drowning in crude nobody... by ehvatum on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:41AM (#22719859)
It was my understanding that by driving around in a gas guzzler, I am precipitating human extinction, bringing forward the long-awaited day when the ecology of Earth no longer includes humans, which will be “better”.

Where did I go wrong? Was it when I evolved?

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