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Re:China and India will have to ‘justify’ watered down coal ... by pkphilip on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:37PM (#29223752)
How does carbon tax solve anything? It is far better to plant trees and find measures to decrease pollution instead of bringing in another tax which will help some company get rich
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Re:China and India will have to ‘justify’ watered down coal ... by SinParadise on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:53PM (#29223853)
They create incentives to transition away from carbon emission.

It would have to be global. It would be deeply unpopular to the targeted countries which may start trade wars. It would still realign incentives.

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