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by Uehreka 1741 days ago
I mean yeah, I’d love to propose a worldwide carbon tax and solve the root problem here! But that seems unlikely to happen on a short timescale, and without it we’ll see coal plants that were driven out of business by solar’s cheapness re-open now that there’s all this extra demand for energy (and solar isn’t keeping pace).

And don’t tell me what I don’t complain about ;) I’m plenty concerned with other sources of carbon emissions too.

As for the rest: I feel like another bad trope I see in these debates is the “you just don’t get it. Enjoy your irrelevance” thing. If crypto is misunderstood, then explain it. If there’s something people like me aren’t getting, help us get it. The burden of proof is on crypto-boosters to demonstrate why this is worth it and what the actual endgame here is.