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Also, I fail to see how carbon tax collected in the U.S. for wasteful lifestyle is going to be distributed to, say, Ethiopia, with a same-order-of-maginitude population (115M vs 329M) and ~1/150 emissions per capita (according to [1]).

Without scaling back the unsustainable rich American lifestyle, this tax will have limited domestic impact, while punishing developing countries trying to catch up via more polluting industries. Which is perfect for maintaining the world order where the majority of human beings work and live in subpar conditions to support the unsustainable lifestyles of a small minority, I suppose.

[1] https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...



Westerners are actually much more efficient in terms of scientific, economic, cultural output per unit of CO2, compared to developing nations.

Ethiopia can benefit from the renewable energy technology developed in the West, and skip fossil fuels entirely.




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