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Re:Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container ship... by atmavatar on Saturday May 30, 2026 @08:31PM (#48341974)
> what are climate change discussions, if not a discussion about externalities?

Climate change has been discussed for well over a half century, yet one of the main priorities of the current administration has been to hamstring renewable energy and promote coal and oil. I think it's pretty fair to say the issue is being ignored.

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Re:Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container ship... by techsystems on Saturday May 30, 2026 @11:09PM (#48342664)
Carbon tax, plastic bag tax, etc. are from the learnings from economic externalities that is applied to climate policy. Other non climate externalities based policies are sugar tax, alcohol/cigarette/drug tax, education, healthcare, etc.
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Re:Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container ship... by dgellow on Sunday May 31, 2026 @04:22AM (#48343977)
Ignored by the administration, not by economists. The administration is a political body and proved over and over they don’t care at all about economists opinion (see everything from this admin about tariffs and trade policy)
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