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by anonuser123456 1136 days ago
There will need to be policy, hopefully in the form of Pigouvian taxes. But before you can get the policy in place you will need a viable source of energy that’s cost competitive with hydrocarbons.

Once we have a viable alternative to hydrocarbons at scale, carbon/methane/ high GWP gases will need to be priced appropriately (e.g. taxed in a way to incentivize reduced consumption).