I agree. Telling private citizens with no direct incentives to spend their own money to throw a thimble full of water on this wildfire of a problem is not a realistic approach. Regulation on business, which can dedicate people and teams to solve for these things in their industries, and have a financial incentive to make it happen, while also having a significantly larger impact, makes much more sense.
But, 35% of global emissions come from commercial energy use and direct carbon production. The problem is not Jim-Bob in his F-350 (though that’s an entire other issue that should be regulated). The problem is Eric Moneybags and his 15 million dollars of carbon credits who gets to ignore EPA regulations because he has deeper pockets.
The problem is things like the CAFE regulations that essentially subsidize Jim-Bob’s F-350 by exempting it from the same requirements that govern regular cars, and (from your previous comment) the zoning codes that prohibit density and literally displace you outside of walking distance from your grocery store and work.
You seemed to take that comment a little personally. I’m sure it wasn’t meant that way.
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I agree. Telling private citizens with no direct incentives to spend their own money to throw a thimble full of water on this wildfire of a problem is not a realistic approach. Regulation on business, which can dedicate people and teams to solve for these things in their industries, and have a financial incentive to make it happen, while also having a significantly larger impact, makes much more sense.
The problem is things like the CAFE regulations that essentially subsidize Jim-Bob’s F-350 by exempting it from the same requirements that govern regular cars, and (from your previous comment) the zoning codes that prohibit density and literally displace you outside of walking distance from your grocery store and work.