mrschumpeter.bsky.social
Sustainable Finance and Data geek.
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Säg till om du vill öva din svenska med någon! I would be careful with falling in love with Sweden though - the socialist paradise is a Mirage, its actually incredibly neoliberal. /Emigrated Swede
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Kan det vara olika personer som är arbetslösa då Tidölaget jagar alla med aningen mörkare hudfärg eller fel brytning?
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That article doesn't define the mechanism in the law. Who are the polluters, how will the fund be managed, what is the price and so on?
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I just don't understand how @axios.com always have the most greenwashing ads. It's always the worst offenders talking about minute actions for climate.
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I would be amiss if I didn't recommend this article about populism in Europe.
mau.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
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The silver lining might be that it doesn't allow for complacency. There are no excuses and hoping for federal action.
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Sticks have been very successful in changing other behaviours such as smoking. While carrots have yet managed to fully crowd out and are partially leading to increased consumption instead.
Case in point: huge trucks that are electric (cybertruck) - which waste resources instead of smaller vehicles
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Sweden has had a carbon tax since the 90s.
EU's ETS is not nearly as controversial.
Implementation matters!
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EU reduced their emissions with 8% in 2023, US was flat. It's clear that carbon taxes work faster than trying to crowd out as most likely you encourage increases consumption instead.
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I would push back on this. Alberta is likely top 10 difficult places to introduce it given its dependency on fossil fuels. Look at EU and the success there. Sweden has had a ctax since the 90s with essentially zero push back.
For Alberta, maybe it should have taxed prod instead of consumption?