A mere 57 oil, gas, coal and cement producers are directly linked to 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study
  • Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap
  • Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, and Coal India were the top three CO2-emitting companies during this period.
  • InfluenceMap’s database aims to increase transparency around climate change contributors for legal, academic, campaign, and investor purposes.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    However one of the criticisms of EVs in particular is they don’t pay for road upkeep via gas taxes.

    You could make a very similar argument about 18-wheelers and other super-heavy vehicles. Road erosion scales geometrically to vehicle size, but gas consumption is - at best - linear. So the excess weight of the vehicle is effectively a free rider when you scale up from your Geo Metro to a Hummer.

    Personally I would want a gas tax mostly targeted to transit or personal mobility but the key point being that it be scheduled to increase every year.

    I mean, shy of a Gas Stalin doing environmental dictatorship shit, I don’t see how this is politically feasible. A gas tax is already fairly regressive. Raising it annually would create a popular outburst with every turn of the ratchet. And you wouldn’t even have the Mega-Corps/Banks on your side, unlike when landlords raise their rents.

    Seems like an invitation to riots, not unlike what we’ve seen in Europe and the Middle East.