I generally agree with everything you said. You tax on housing is interesting idea I haven’t heard before.
I do think electricity is going to have much more profound affects that people realise. We are regularly seeing negative pricing all around the world and solar, wind and especially batteries continue to drop in price and increase in deployments each year. Also electrification.
Simply to cost of production is far far lower than anything that has ever come before and the amount of people that can supply energy to themselves and others have increased dramatically. The market is much more competitive that anything that has come before. Honestly think people are sleeping on this.
Tax on housing sort of is what it is, but that is terrible phrasing.
It is a tax on exorbitant rental rates.
It is a tax on landlords.
Anyway, yes, more solar and wind would of course be great… but the political reailty of implementing that at scale in the US is uh… basically zero right now with the fascist Trump regime in charge, and even if they all poofed out of existence… everything is still politically fucked.
Oligarchs have too much money and control the media, the narrative, and the minds of morons.
Any expert of team of experts can throw out a comprehensive plan on how to transition to renewables, and that is all undone by Joe Rogan being an idiot for a few episodes.
Sorry yeah, I am American and doing the American thing.
In America, marketing, messaging, is everything, because we’re a bunch of fucking morons basically, not capable of critical thinking.
But hey if you think the general ideas here would work with other messaging in other areas, go for it!
I’m a bit charged about all this as these kinds of policies being implemented or not is going to be a life and death issue, very very soon, for tens of millions of Americans when the Republicans functionally end Medicaid and Section 8 (our pathetic but at least existing housing subsidy programs for the poor).
In America it is now literally illegal to exist while homeless. So… if we don’t fix the housing situation, and a whole bunch of people are made homeless… yeah, tens of millions will either die or be sent to jail/prison within a year or two.
Potentially including myself… I am disabled and rely on SSDI, which… at least currently doen’t appear to be directly on the chopping block… but that could change in an instant.
I generally agree with everything you said. You tax on housing is interesting idea I haven’t heard before.
I do think electricity is going to have much more profound affects that people realise. We are regularly seeing negative pricing all around the world and solar, wind and especially batteries continue to drop in price and increase in deployments each year. Also electrification.
Simply to cost of production is far far lower than anything that has ever come before and the amount of people that can supply energy to themselves and others have increased dramatically. The market is much more competitive that anything that has come before. Honestly think people are sleeping on this.
Tax on housing sort of is what it is, but that is terrible phrasing.
It is a tax on exorbitant rental rates.
It is a tax on landlords.
Anyway, yes, more solar and wind would of course be great… but the political reailty of implementing that at scale in the US is uh… basically zero right now with the fascist Trump regime in charge, and even if they all poofed out of existence… everything is still politically fucked.
Oligarchs have too much money and control the media, the narrative, and the minds of morons.
Any expert of team of experts can throw out a comprehensive plan on how to transition to renewables, and that is all undone by Joe Rogan being an idiot for a few episodes.
I think it’s a tax on housing. It doesn’t make a difference how it’s applied. But I like how it incentives less luxury.
Good job America isn’t the only country in the world. The transition to renewables isn’t even slowing down without America.
Sorry yeah, I am American and doing the American thing.
In America, marketing, messaging, is everything, because we’re a bunch of fucking morons basically, not capable of critical thinking.
But hey if you think the general ideas here would work with other messaging in other areas, go for it!
I’m a bit charged about all this as these kinds of policies being implemented or not is going to be a life and death issue, very very soon, for tens of millions of Americans when the Republicans functionally end Medicaid and Section 8 (our pathetic but at least existing housing subsidy programs for the poor).
In America it is now literally illegal to exist while homeless. So… if we don’t fix the housing situation, and a whole bunch of people are made homeless… yeah, tens of millions will either die or be sent to jail/prison within a year or two.
Potentially including myself… I am disabled and rely on SSDI, which… at least currently doen’t appear to be directly on the chopping block… but that could change in an instant.