Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by john_moscow on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:47PM
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You tax something you want to reduce. Since carbon emissions are associated with most travel and great-tasting food, it sounds like paying people to sit at home, watch TV and drink themselves into depression.
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by Semaphor on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:56PM
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> Since carbon emissions are associated with […] great-tasting food
I feel like that requires some explanation. I’d say emissions are higher for cheap products, especially food.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by monadic2 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:27AM
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Err are you neglecting beef?
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by Semaphor on Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:13AM
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At least where I am (Germany), the cheapest beef is from further away and the local beef is more expensive.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by monadic2 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @04:13PM
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Sure, but presumably they’re both more expensive than fresh produce, which has a fraction of the carbon emissions.
Furthermore I really doubt that the carbon emissions of transportation dominate the carbon output of beef production, so the local vs imported beef cost seems irrelevant to the overall correlation of price and carbon output.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by jay_kyburz on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:55AM
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Yes stay home, eat healthy low carbon foods, read, study, exercise, create things, be productive. Make the most of life and enjoy it.
This is a nasty false dichotomy and you should be ashamed of it!