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A comment on Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated. Parent comment

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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