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Originally Posted by stampsx2
China and the US produce 41% of the worlds co2 emissions while canada produces under 2% total. If we're focusing on reducing co2 emissions we should focus on where the problem really lies.
A quarter of the worlds co2 can be reduced by finding an alternate way to power and heat the worlds homes Deforestation and agriculture account for another 19% of the worlds co2. So start there.
Raising gas prices by a lot may reduce transportation emissions as people are more likely to catch the bus or train to work reducing the amount of cars sitting in traffic.
If co2 reduction really is the issue then focus on the real problem.
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It would also massively increase the price of consumer goods, food, infrastructure construction and everything else that requires transport or heavy machinery. So your grocery bill and all of your other bills would increase massively
Its not such a simple solution. And what about the people that require their cars to make a living and you jack up their gas prices to an unaffordable level.
I am the further thing from doing nothing, but the solution isn't simple.
On top of that this is a global problem where the biggest emitters are hyper industrialized countries like the States and Indias and China's of the world who have little interest in making any kind of constructive change if it effects their economy.