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this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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End car dependency. Replace fossil fuel power plants as fast as possible. Build electric HSR and ban passenger flights under a certain distance. Tax beef. Stop growing corn in Iowa for ethanol and grow food instead. Tax companies that require workers that can WFH to come in to an office. Tax credits for replacing methane or propane appliances or HVAC with electric. That's just to start.
Good stuff, but I'm not seeing the link to mosquitos
If the cause of the mosquito rise is climate change, then the answer is to address the cause of the issue.
Problem is that it's the warmer temperature, not "change" per se. And we can't really bring it back down.
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