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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by anonporridge on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:44PM (#28764607)
Could the solution be graduated luxury carbon taxes on unnecessary consumption, like private jets, regular flights, non critical home AC, Christmas lights, PC gaming, etc?
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by mavhc on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:37PM (#28765285)
Just tax everything the amount it costs to clean up the pollution it causes, and then use that money to clean up the pollution.

Subsidize the poor as we've always done.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by imtringued on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:38PM (#28765961)
Maybe change the way we subsidize them. The negative income tax can be used for basically any form of pigovian tax revenue.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by geysersam on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:08PM (#28766319)
Yes, please. Low tax on essentials. High tax on the overconsumption of carbon intensive economic activity in the rich world.

Market value says very little about true value of goods and services globally. Why should we let it decide how to prioritize the little carbon emission we can afford?

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