Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by darthrupert on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:08AM
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Adding a specific tax for coffee and rising it by 1% every quarter would probably work in removing some consumption. And it would generate resources for the government.
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Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by snvzz on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:33AM
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That'd be political suicide.
Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by umeshunni on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:48PM
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How about a tax on breathing?
The average human produces around 1kg of CO2 per day - from the article, that's equivalent to 4-6 cups of coffee. I assume larger people and more active people contribute significantly higher.
A tax on personal CO2 emissions beyond the politburo approved 1kg per person per day will do wonders.
Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by mrpopo on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:36PM
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Are you trying to equate coffee drinking and breathing? I am sure you understand those 2 things are very different.
Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by darthrupert on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:05AM
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If you need coffee to literally stay alive, you might be consuming it a tad too much ;)
Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by everybodyknows on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:05PM
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And how many coffee growers would it shift out of their current state of wretched poverty, downward into something worse?
Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by 908B64B197 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:06PM
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What exactly would yet another green tax achieve?
Fund underperforming government employee's pensions?
Re:How a cup of coffee contributes to climate change
by s1artibartfast on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:15PM
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And then we could use that one percent tax to subsidize low-income coffee purchasers to complete the loop