Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
by chii on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @05:41AM
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> it doesn't allow a society to make choices with much granularity.
i argue that pricing carbon is the only way to allow everyone in society to make their own choice with the granularity that you propose.
After all, when has central planning ever taken everyone into account properly? How will i know that policy makers will take my interests into account when they plan policies?
And in this specific case, what about the people who _do_ want to mine crypto? Why do they get the bad end of the stick, just because some authority says so?
i argue that pricing carbon is the only way to allow everyone in society to make their own choice with the granularity that you propose.
After all, when has central planning ever taken everyone into account properly? How will i know that policy makers will take my interests into account when they plan policies?
And in this specific case, what about the people who _do_ want to mine crypto? Why do they get the bad end of the stick, just because some authority says so?