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by nesky
2355 days ago
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I usually try to be an optimist however, I have zero expectation we're able to mitigate severe climate change and it's repercussions. The only mechanism I can think of is we'll develop mechanisms at scale that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere and oceans and sell it to the world as if we're able to continue BAU and just raise taxes on carbon or income to pay for it. |
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Dramatically cutting back waste and encouraging reuse over recycling should be the first concerns. Cutting down e-waste and expanding user rights to devices is probably a good place to start. The fact that you can't update/maintain a phone or router a few years is pretty significant.
Fooling people into thinking a new car is a better option than keeping their existing cars running is another big issue... what's good for the economy isn't always what's best for the ecology. Tax breaks for companies where more than 75% of their workforce is on a 4-day full time work week over a 5+ day would do more than carbon taxes.
Forcing companies to pay for domestic recycling of goods they sell would also be a big improvement... dumping waste in China and Africa is not a viable long term solution.
Taxing air shipping to discourage it, would also help a lot... do you REALLY need that thingy from Amazon tomorrow?
There are many ways to bring about change, and imho expanding bureaucracy or increasing income taxes are the last places you should start.