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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by morepedantic on Saturday April 26, 2025 @12:39AM (#43800991)
TIL poor people can't pollute, so their market segment shouldn't be incentivized to cut pollution.

TIL that US car companies won't make smaller cars in the face of different regulations, even though they made larger cars in response to current regulations.

The only way to avoid perversions is to tax the problem directly. The market will adjust to all proxies in unintended and harmful ways.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by parineum on Saturday April 26, 2025 @01:51AM (#43801256)
A disincentive on a thing you don't want makes people choose another thing that you may or may not want.

The only way to avoid perversions is to incentivize the things you want.

Taxing cigarettes led to vaping. Maybe less bad but still a nuisance.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by morepedantic on Sunday April 27, 2025 @01:16AM (#43809595)
Are you agreeing with me, or did you drop a negative twice?
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by parineum on Sunday April 27, 2025 @12:07PM (#43812890)
You're statement is not true.

Disincentives don't make people make good choices, they make them make different choices.

Incentives guide people to make a specific choice.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by morepedantic on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:00AM (#43866360)
It is the role of a central planner to pick a particular outcome, and it's also the worst strategy of the modern era.

Everything which is not forbidden is allowed. Your belief that you should make the positive choice on behalf of others is the most dangerous philosophy of the 20th century.

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