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← The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 15 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under degrowth degrowth Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under solar solar Cannot both be trueIn tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth. The way to cut emissions is to tax themost emission-intensive goods, not to stopgrowth. Last stated 9 years ago 18 Nov 2017 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are Cannot both be true: You cannot make people adopt more expensive clean energy, because higher fuel prices are political suicide under any government. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot make people adopt moreexpensive clean energy, becausehigher fuel prices are politicalsuicide under any government. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are In tension: Climate change is real and is not the civilisation-threatening disaster it was sold as, and the expensive policies bought nothing. — tap to centre the map on it Climate change is real and is notthe civilisation-threateningdisaster it was sold as, and theexpensive policies bought nothing. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Degrowth shared out equally would cut the incomes of everyone above the world average by about two-thirds. — tap to centre the map on it Degrowth shared out equally wouldcut the incomes of everyone abovethe world average by abouttwo-thirds. Last stated 9 years ago 18 Nov 2017 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Degrowth would require the world to go from an inequality worse than South Africa's to a complete equality no recorded society has ever had. — tap to centre the map on it Degrowth would require the world togo from an inequality worse thanSouth Africa's to a completeequality no recorded society hasever had. Last stated 9 years ago 18 Nov 2017 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Eco/degrowth are the exact same thing with the exact same end goal — tap to centre the map on it Eco/degrowth are the exact samething with the exact same end goal Last stated a week ago 15 Oct 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The climate policy everyone has quietly assumed is that poorer countries stay poor, and that is the wrong answer. — tap to centre the map on it The climate policy everyone hasquietly assumed is that poorercountries stay poor, and that is thewrong answer. Last stated 3 years ago 11 Oct 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Carbon emissions should be priced and government subsidies for oil, coal and gas companies should be ended. — tap to centre the map on it Carbon emissions should be pricedand government subsidies for oil,coal and gas companies should beended. Last stated 12 years ago 23 Sept 2014 LD Leonardo DiCaprio — holds since 2014-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate austerity is unnecessary for Europe — tap to centre the map on it Climate austerity is unnecessary forEurope Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe cannot keep the world's strictest environmental and social rules, invest less than its competitors and run a more naive trade policy, and still expect to create jobs. — tap to centre the map on it Europe cannot keep the world'sstrictest environmental and socialrules, invest less than itscompetitors and run a more naivetrade policy, and still expect tocreate jobs. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Apr 2024 EM Emmanuel Macron — holds since 2024-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The climate crisis has grown beyond individual consumer choices and now requires decisive, large-scale action by industries and governments. — tap to centre the map on it The climate crisis has grown beyondindividual consumer choices and nowrequires decisive, large-scaleaction by industries andgovernments. Last stated 12 years ago 23 Sept 2014 LD Leonardo DiCaprio — holds since 2014-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth. Last stated 18 Nov 2017 · 9 years ago Holds Branko Milanovic Read this korrent →