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Batteries and solar panels are (broadly) affected by the same carbon fees and pollution regulations as other products.

Yes, those fees should be higher, and pollution regulations should be even stricter, but if they were, (which they should be!) it would only further speed the uptake of solar and batteries, because they are less polluting than their rival technologies.

> In fact pricing things ONLY in carbon emissions as people would like to do nowadays is maliciously deceiving.

I don't think anyone is suggesting this, though it may actually be better overall than not pricing carbon at all, so it's an interesting thought experiment.



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