"... stupid to contemplate while we're still increasing carbon emissions."
Ok, let us know your plan for reducing carbon emissions and when and how we can expect it to happen.
Ok, let us know your plan for reducing carbon emissions and when and how we can expect it to happen.
Levy a revenue neutral carbon tax which anually redistributes to consumers the "average" tax per person.
Stop subsidizing suburban sprawl. Build more high density housing near mass transit. Walkable neighborhoods and such.
These are all obvious things we should have started decades ago.
[0] https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/My-plan-for-fighting-clima...
First two points (subsidy removal and carbon tax) would apply to all uses of fossil fuels, not just transportation.
However, it's naive to think anything close to resembling this could happen politically IMO. That's why we aren't at all close to doing it, even though it's "obvious".