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Rhiannon12866

(222,254 posts) Sat Jun 22, 2024, 09:15 PM Jun 2024

Time to Wake Up 293: The Benefits of Carbon Pricing Policies - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

June 20 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivers his 293rd speech urging his colleagues to wake up to the threat of climate change.

Whitehouse highlights carbon pricing as the most effective and efficient policy for reducing carbon pollution and mitigating economic and financial risks from climate change.

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Time to Wake Up 293: The Benefits of Carbon Pricing Policies - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2024 OP

Thank You Senator Whitehouse. Think. Again. Jun 2024 #1

We're not trying to reduce our use of fossil fuels, we're trying to quit them. hunter Jun 2024 #2

Think. Again.

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1. Thank You Senator Whitehouse.

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Sat Jun 22, 2024, 09:51 PM

Jun 2024

hunter

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2. We're not trying to reduce our use of fossil fuels, we're trying to quit them.

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Sun Jun 23, 2024, 01:53 PM

Jun 2024

Giving governments perverse incentives to prolong our use of fossil fuels doesn't seem like a good idea.

Taxing fossil fuels to the extent they have caused destructive climate changes seems like a good idea, but I don't think anyone is willing to pay that price...

If we choose to quit fossil fuels we simply have to quit fossil fuels. We can do that by banning them for particular uses at first, eventually banning them for ALL uses.

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