Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B
by oblio on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:52AM
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> Actually the tragedy of the commons cannot be stopped by one government.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
The US could focus on lower cost - high impact externalities taxing.
It could persuade, cajole, bully its partners and allies to agree to a treaty doing the same. It did it for FATCA, for sure it can do it for climate change and general environmental destruction.
Once you have such an international treaty in place, most of the rest of the world would follow. US partners and allies are probably 70% of the world economy, and the countries with the most slack, economically, that can best afford this.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
The US could focus on lower cost - high impact externalities taxing.
It could persuade, cajole, bully its partners and allies to agree to a treaty doing the same. It did it for FATCA, for sure it can do it for climate change and general environmental destruction.
Once you have such an international treaty in place, most of the rest of the world would follow. US partners and allies are probably 70% of the world economy, and the countries with the most slack, economically, that can best afford this.