They just want to punish (steal from) the producers and give to the global sponge nations with net zero effect.
The only way to effectively combat the increase in C02 in the atmosphere would be to shut down all transportation, industry and mechanized agriculture. Close the factories, close the hospitals, turn off Broadway, stop making movies, stop making cheese, kill all the cows, ground the planes, bury the cars, turn off the lights, stop burning coal, oil, wood. No more iPhones or computers. The end of Lena Dunham and that Strawberry Shortcake protesting lady. No more Daily Show or Colbert. No more espresso, no more ice cream.
Basically, either we kill off 99% of humanity and return to a hunter gather state, or we adapt and move forward.
If human activity is warming the planet, learn to deal with it and stop all the bitching.
minus a 50% cut. Both governments and poor people convert 100% of their incomes into carbon emissions. This plan would greatly increase energy consumption and pollution.
Republicans should 100% support all Democrat cities that want to go full ecotard, as long as it stays within city limits. The 'rat nets should not buy any fossil fuel power or any products made with it. Go for it! We'll watch from outside, with trigger fingers ready.