Carbon As An Externality And How To Fix It
To put it simply, this is one of the biggest barriers to climate action in today's society. An externality is most generally a consequence of human action that is not reflected in the decision-making processes related to that action. Carbon as an externality means that the GHG impacts of almost all human activity have been ignored by industry, governments, and the public alike, which is why it has taken decades for climate action to come to the forefront of society. We’ve known about the impacts of greenhouse gases on our atmosphere and planet for many years, tracking back all the way to Eunice Foote in 1856. Those impacts have simply been ignored or covered up in order to continue advancing modernization and industrialization. In this episode we attempt to explain why this happens and how to prevent it from now on. Sources below:
Site about paper/plastic bags - https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/04/30/plastic-paper-cotton-bags/
What is an externality? - https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/economics/externality/
More about the externality of carbon - https://medium.com/the-green-economy/accounting-for-the-unaccounted-the-carbon-externality-92f7df620e0b
https://ourworldindata.org/carbon-price
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