Actually you just have to tax it enough that no one wants to use it and the alternatives are more appealing.
Or would you prefer we just burn all of the oil and coal? And then what? I wonder what the repercussions of that will be?
Renewable energy dominance is inevitable, solar energy is forecast to drop to 2c per kwh vs nuclear's 10c. Nuclear is not getting any cheaper. Wind turbines are getting taller and cheaper because there is a more consistent stronger supply of wind higher up and there is ongoing technical innovation. Wind is already going for under 4c per kwh without subsidy.
This is now:
Texas city opts for 100% renewable energy - to save cash, not the planet
Cheapest solar - SunEdison sells solar PV output at 5c/kWh
How Low Can Wind Energy Go? 2.5c Per Kilowatt-Hour Is Just
The relentless fall in renewables cost has a long way to go yet.
Battery prices are also continually falling:
EV Battery Prices -- The Disruptive Drop In Prices Will Continue
Tax vehicle owners for the expected Net release of CO2 based on their registered vehicles, and for vehicles that burn fuel: regular emissions check, with mandatory monthly reporting by the vehicle computers, and at least 1 annual check to make sure all emission controls sensors are operational.
That's pretty much taxing fuel the hard way, amounts to the same thing but harder to implement.
Nuclear is dead, I can't be bothered to argue about it. Ten years from now renewable energy will be a fraction of the cost of nuclear and will be the cheapest form of energy worldwide without any need for subsidy. 10 years from now if you suggest we use more nuclear energy, anybody who knows anything will frown at you like you're mad.
How do you get the entire world to agree on a tax?
They are shoving treaties at us left right and centre, it's a nightmare trying to stop the bad treaties (like TTIP, TPP CETA, NAFTA, ACTA etc).
But all of a sudden when it comes to global warming, we can't agree on anything, funny that.
If you want to stop CO2 increase then you have to tax fossil fuels.
A lot, and then, a lot more. How else do you stop fossil fuel usage, ask nicely?
Anyone got a better idea?
0.25 watt is not going to heat anything much.
A heat pump will heat the house the same amount but it will use only 1/3rd of the energy. Like a fridge/freezer in reverse.
It's still not a good reason to waste something that is trivially easy to avoid wasting.
Plugging and unplugging a device 730 times for $0.25, really isn't worth it, the wear and tear could end up costing you more.
IDK why BBC are reporting this now, it happened a year ago, summary also doesn't mention that he handed himself back in within a week of escaping.
WTH were you doing to them? I call BS.
Have you tried ofcom/adjudicator, they sorted out my beef with Virgin Media pretty quickly (couple of months total).
You really think Amazon wants to take the PR hit by suing a contractor who worked in their warehouse for 10 dollars an hour?
Have you seen the way they treat their warehouse workers, they don't give a crap, they would have no qualms about suing the employee. 'No news is bad news'
They'll sue their ex-employee's new employer,
Nonsense, they don't have a contract with the new employer so they can't sue them, the employment contract is with the employee, that is the only person they can sue.
How many warehouse workers can afford to fight Amazon in court?
It's a scummy move by Amazon, there should be laws against this kind of thing, with very large fines.
As much as I disagree with your post, it's doesn't strike me as a troll. I'm getting sick of people modding posts as troll simply because they disagree.
BLISS is ignorance.
