(February 14, 2019 at 7:24 am)Yonadav Wrote:(February 14, 2019 at 7:14 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Of course free market decreases global pollution. Free market encourages innovation, and innovation generally decreases pollution. If the price of gasoline drastically increases, which it will, there is more incentive to research the alternative sources of energy. Even people in less free countries can then benefit from those innovations that were invented elsewhere.
Wealth is the greatest correlating factor with carbon footprint. The wealthier you are, the bigger your carbon footprint. If free markets decreased global pollution, then your paper that argues the case for that wouldn't have been full of junk.
How? The wealthier you are, more likely you are to buy solar panels and use an electric or a hybrid car (and the hybrid car, rather than electric car, is probably the best type of car both environmentally and economically).
