Nah. Carbon tax only perpetuates inequity by giving everyone money, including the least affected.
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Hmm, based on current consumption of energy, what I proposed would lead to massive redistribution of wealth toward those most affected...
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US uses, say, 20x more CO2 per capita than Bangladesh. Most taxes paid by the rich would go to the poor. But if no tax, what do you propose?
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You're saying US as if we're all the same here. Do you understand the fundamental different between a white person and a black person here?
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I do. I've lived in the US most of my life, including 10 in LA. I know some of the authors of those asthma studies. Not trivializing it all.
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If you lived in LA under cap-and-trade, you'll know that it hasn't been any solution to communities of color. We're about to...
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... open the largest oil refinery in the west here soon, and it's in a community of color, like all the refineries are.
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Obvs cap-and-trade and carbon tax are different, but they both rely on market solutions that perpetuate climate and environmental inequity.
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The twist is the redistribution I added. Pretty simple really: we all share the atmosphere, and have the same right to pollute it.
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So. I understand this concept better than you're assuming. I'm indigenous and have talked and written about climate debt for a long time.
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Our solutions aren't based in throwing money at the problem, but in thinking about social policies aimed at paying down the debt.
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