Corporations make things either for consumers, governments (for consumers), or other corporations (for consumers). There is a lot to be said about what changes in consumption can change
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What would that even do? Sure, you can tax the companies for their CO2 emissions, but they'd still be in profit, and monetary compensation to the state won't make the CO2 disappear. Money isn't some magical paper that will suddenly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere if you throw it in the air, it's just a currency, banked labor hours.
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It's one of the things that infuriates me when I hear refusals to address climate change: the "business as usual" way of doing things entails externalising countless costs, meaning comparing costs is an apples-and-oranges endeavour.
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