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Just another spin on communism and central planning. Why don’t we let the market decide? Why don’t we let people decide what is best for them instead of forcing one technology or another? Inflation is ultra high yet we are ignoring the root cause: increasing cost of inputs due to new taxes and tariffs, and instead hoping that by also increasing the cost of capital all will be good again.

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After the market "prices in" the real costs of fossil fuel usage, it will decide.

And the real costs of tobacco smoking are totally dwarfed by that.

All governments need to do is to finally get that part right. Fossil fuel usage literally burns our future.

would you use fuel made from rendered baby fat if you could get it for free? That's not a market.

I can't tell if you're serious or not. We can't let "the market" decide on things like this because the market is a small number of very large companies that have natural monopolies and also doesn't care whether or not it completely consumes the planet for profit.

The market is you and me. We decide with our purchasing habits.

I have zero ability to choose where my energy comes from. No choice whatsoever.

That works for alternative products of detergent, not for powering a nation.

Even libertarians understand that the atmosphere and its heat trapping properties are a public good. I'd be fine with letting the market decide if we simply banned carbon emissions entirely.

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