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  • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    2 months ago

    Here’s how it has worked in the US:

    In the 1980s we could get a hearing in Congress, but not even a meaningful proposal for action.

    Around 2010, we tried cap-and-trade. Passed the house. Would have gotten 36-38 votes in the Senate, so it didn’t get a vote.

    In 2021, we actually passed the Inflation Reduction Act. It’s getting us an almost-all-carrots approach to building decarbonization infrastructure.

    We’re actually fairly close to the point where we might actually pass more, as we need to.