What people don't realise is that the bans that are discussed as big government overreach are actually for the benefit of large corporations to coordinate.
They each know that without time boxed regulation they'd all try to defect and let the others take the early losses leading to the entire industry collapsing.
In contrast, I prefer the least restrictive laws and regulations that achieve the goal.
Our nation's continuing to emit a little CO2 from automobile tailpipes is not so dire a danger that we can't meet our goal with a sufficiently drastic tax on fossil fuels, enabling those few consumers and organizations that benefit the most from emitting CO2 from automobile tailpipes to continue to emit a little.
It is hard for policymakers even to imagine all the ways an outright ban on something will incur costs -- and most of the time, they shouldn't even try.
I think we should at same time also do total ban of private use of any fossil fuels. No more gas or oil or other fossil fuels. Only renewables and biomass. No private company or person is allowed to burn any fossil fuel inside economic borders.
I like the goal: no more gasoline cars. And if governments can grow a pair and set a realistic end date for them it would work out great. A suggested timeline: no gasoline cars manufactured after 2028, no new sales after 2030, complete road ban after 2037 unless you buy carbon offsets etc.
The roadmap I suggested above is already highly aggressive and will generate massive pushback. Doing it overnight would be disastrous. No politician will do it while Americans remain in love with their gasoline tanks.
rayiner|5 months ago
ZeroGravitas|5 months ago
They each know that without time boxed regulation they'd all try to defect and let the others take the early losses leading to the entire industry collapsing.
It's fixing a prisoners dilemma.
hollerith|5 months ago
Our nation's continuing to emit a little CO2 from automobile tailpipes is not so dire a danger that we can't meet our goal with a sufficiently drastic tax on fossil fuels, enabling those few consumers and organizations that benefit the most from emitting CO2 from automobile tailpipes to continue to emit a little.
It is hard for policymakers even to imagine all the ways an outright ban on something will incur costs -- and most of the time, they shouldn't even try.
Ekaros|5 months ago
JohnFen|5 months ago
triceratops|5 months ago
I like the goal: no more gasoline cars. And if governments can grow a pair and set a realistic end date for them it would work out great. A suggested timeline: no gasoline cars manufactured after 2028, no new sales after 2030, complete road ban after 2037 unless you buy carbon offsets etc.
The roadmap I suggested above is already highly aggressive and will generate massive pushback. Doing it overnight would be disastrous. No politician will do it while Americans remain in love with their gasoline tanks.
pcdoodle|5 months ago
mcc1ane|5 months ago