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Originally Posted by Brendone
So if the percentage who can afford heat pumps and EVs to change their habits and leave the rest to carry on, what have you fixed? Are the middle and upper earners really responsible for the bulk of emissions (excluding the yacht and jet setters)? I have no idea what the emissions difference is between wage earners is.
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Probably? The are mroe likely to have multiple vehicles and not use public transit, have larger houses with A/C to heat and cool, potentially have a second vacation home sitting empty 95% of the time, fligts as you mentioned, and just generally consume more because they can afford to.
I'd kind of prefer a "basic exemption" for CO2 emissions that decreases over time, so that just existing doesn't cost you anything, but if you consume more than your basic you pay for that at an increasing rate. But that is very hard to measure, and can essentially be handled through the rebate system(though I'd prefer it to be more progressive, punishing higher users).