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[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 35 points 7 months ago

It's fun to imagine all the 'market solutions' libs after 50 years of thinking they had solved everything and the planet was carbon neutral elmofire

[-] Posadas@hexbear.net 32 points 7 months ago

In other breaking news, water is wet.

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago
[-] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's as if it was impossible to turn externalised costs into a functioning market. Because all the most successful sellers in that market will.. externalise their costs.

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

Carbon credits is one of the funniest concepts ever. Like how anybody can take the “””market””” seriously after learning of such thing deserves to get their heads smashed in. Such a cartoonishly stupid scam but yet somehow managed to trick rubes into thinking it’ll save them from disaster if companies just traded permission slips back and forth

[-] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

But that's not allowed

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

The company that hid evidence of carbon emissions on the climate?? who-did-this

[-] Cherufe@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

My econ teacher lied to me walter-shock

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

and they aint even the only ones

enron was also in the bogus carbon trading game btw

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

weird how it worked for acid rain but never worked again

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

Well, we tried neoliberal market incentives, guess we have to start choppin' execs, right? Surely we won't just double down on just giving the rich more money for free, right? anakin-padme-2

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this post was submitted on 07 May 2024
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