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Good. Some people will try to phrase this as a bad thing because yes, you will pay more (eventually, anyway -- article says they don't expect "any real bite until around 2025"). But we should be paying more given the environmental damage that burning this fuel causes. We should not be effectively subsidizing oil companies by paying the cost of their negative externalities.
If anything, I think there should be even more than this. We should have Norway style taxation on fuel. They have a massive savings fund that massively dwarfs our own closest equivalent.
Also I was reading that the ceiling impact will be ~$0.17/L... and that the actual cost to consumers is expected to be lower.
I have a 40L tank... Gas costing $4 more per fill to help stop the goddamn planet burning up seems worth it to me.
I think the real concern should be if Oil/Gas companies will actually reduce emmisions or just use this as cover to gouge us $0.17 on day 1 and $1.70 on day 1000.
It's not going to stop the planet from burning unless you (and the rest of us) stop driving as much as we do...
Just curious why this post was removed. I see it in the modlog and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it? Possibly in error?
I think you're right. AFAICT my original comment remains adjacent to it.
"Fully agree it wonβt prevent catastrophe on its own. Iβm a huge proponent of better public transit and more walkable cities."
Fully agree it won't prevent catastrophe on its own. I'm a huge proponent of better public transit and more walkable cities.