Carbon tax has the advantage ...

Carbon tax has the advantage of basically being able to subsidize one set of activities that you want with another set of activities that you don\'t want. It\'s like a cigarette tax.
Carbon tax has the advantage of basically being able to subsidize one set of activities that you want with another set of activities that you don't want. It's like a cigarette tax.
 Stewart Brand

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 Naomi Oreskes
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
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 Stewart Brand
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 Stewart Brand
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