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I’m of a different opinion. There actually aren’t alternatives to fossil fuel and that’s why there isn’t broad support for the tax. A tax on fossil fuel would make everything more expensive with little recourse for alternatives.

I bought an electric power washer and weed wacker recently. The performance is just laughable compared to the petrol powered version.

Electric cars have given people hope that a fossil fuel free future is possible. However, electric cars seem to occupy a niche where carrying around 30x the amount of “fuel” is possible. Most fossil fuel uses don’t share this luxury.

Climate change will likely force a fossil fuel free future. But it probably won’t look much like the society we have today. There certainly won’t be high PSI pressure washers.

parent atwood22 4 years ago

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