Evolution and Christianity and Salvation

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It doesn't work, as was proven by the yellow vests.
Taxes must be increased slowly so as to discourage people when they decide to buy a new vehicle.
The problem of this is that vehicles have a lifetime that is usually more than one decade, so you can't penalize (too much) those who didn't know about these price increases when they purchased their cars.

Really protests and lighting things on fire don't work to change policy? I wouldn't have ever guessed that. </sarcasm> It's exactly my point. Lining companies pockets by taxation slowly doesn't work, and neither does rioting, burning things and hurting people because of a steep increase in price.

Taxes must be increased slowly to prevent riots is your actual point. The fact is taxes don't HAVE to be increased at all. It's not proven that throwing more money at something stops people from getting that thing, much less it's effect on where that money goes. What has been shown repeatedly is that taxing commodities benefits the rich. Benefits to the rich increase the likelihood of lobbyists for policies that continue to make them rich. By taxing gas, slowly or steeply, it just hurts the less wealthy and benefits the wealthy, and probably exacerbates the initial problem. Taxes on commodities hurt the populous, fines and regulation hinder companies. Not that there isn't some bleed over but generally doesn't that hold true?

The idea is that taxation introduces an extra cost that the populous will find hurtful and, thus, think of how to avoid that pain. Of course, this needs to be done when there are alternatives available.

Isn't that the whole idea of a tax on cigarettes and the like? To discourage a use, without outright banning it.

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Bah... I already addressed that detail. Fusion.

so... science fiction that to you is plausible to the point where you demand great societal change based on what you think science will be able to provide on a mass scale.. how is this not your version of God did it?

In the 70's, when oil prices peaked, Fusion got a lot of money to solve things.
Then oil prices came down again and Fusion investment fell almost proportionally... that's why it remains "fiction".... but there are people working on it and the plan is still to have a working Power plant by 2050.
In the meantime, Fission can easily take over all the electricity needs, without the greenhouse gases effect, but with the need for proper site safety guidelines to minimize the risk of catastrophe.
Unfortunately, Germany has gone to fossil fuel route, after the risk of Fission became reviewed in the backlash from the Fukushima accident. I thought that was a populist move, possibly as an excuse to provide more to the fossil fuel lobbies. Germany doesn't have the risk of tsunami or earthquake that Japan has.

Conventional renewables should also be exploited. Hydro, Solar, Wind... wherever possible, and in ways that minimally disturb the local environment. These will always be virtually free, with only the cost of assembly and maintenance. No need to find any new wells when one dries up, no need to think about emissions.