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by avar 1012 days ago
So what? I'm suggesting pricing in the externalities.

It's not a problem that you want to release a ton of CO^2, if scrubbing and permanently sequestering a corresponding ton of CO^2 is included in the price.

Instead the EU wants to micro-manage the market, and only address some sources of pollution.

They're not banning gasoline engines in general, and notably doing nothing about non-automotive gasoline engines, which relatively speaking are much bigger polluters.