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Originally Posted by DSMHondaGuy
Freedom is allowing people to make the wrong choice.
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That's exactly the meaning of my facetious signature; "Give me absolute safety or give me death!". A play on "Give me liberty or give me death".
Collectively we deserve the outcome that we created or allowed to exist. For instance, US citizens deserve the outcome of electing Donald Trump as president, both the good and bad.
I'm okay mostly letting market forces lead alternative energy and transitioning to new technology without coercion. What I'm not okay with is setting arbitrary limits of CO2 for arbitrary areas of industry for unquantified levels of "good" for the environment. If something is going to cost more either in time/money/economy, the justification must be shown to be of greater benefit in a quantifiable way. When it comes to CO2 emissions, it has got to be a nearly 100% collaborative effort from the world, or it's doomed to benefit those who cheat, and harm that do not.