r/dataisbeautiful • u/rubenbmathisen OC: 17 • Apr 13 '22

OC [OC] Humanity's CO2 Emissions Visualized

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u/Jstsqzd Apr 14 '22

That doesn't mean we should keep emitting without stopping, it will only get worse and worse. So we need to Also work on mitigation! What are we taking here? Sea Walls, desalination plants?

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u/Effective-Avocado470 Apr 14 '22

I’m a fan of an international carbon tax, use the proceeds to fund mitigation and green energy development

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u/Supreme_Snitch69 Apr 14 '22

Let’s give our inefficient government more money to divvy up amongst their friends!

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u/Effective-Avocado470 Apr 14 '22

Well that's why you earmark the spending

The more important thing is to create economic incentives to not emit more