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		bumby on March 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Satellite imagery shows Northern California kelp f... >It's not profitable enough to convince corporations to do it. Can policy not make it profitable? It seems like regulation can be a means of creating market incentives. It worked well for leaded gas, I tend to think a carbon tax/market may work

bilegeek on March 15, 2021 [–]

At best, like leaded gas, it will take about 30 years, which in this case is far, FAR too late.

At worst, there is no way that anything approaching that sort of regulation will ever fly in today's political system. Period.

lovecg on March 15, 2021 | [–]

Seems to be working quite well in Europe [0]. There are reasons to be optimistic.

[0] https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/24/p...

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