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Originally Posted by smack
i think the transition could have a minimal impact on industry if the government was willing to get behind it in a big way. just for example (even though i am not a big supporter of corporate tax cuts and subsidies), they could use tax cuts and subsidies to help ease the economic repercussions of this.
even some simple steps like bio diesel being used for large transport operations like international shipping, and nationwide trucking could hlep signifigantly.
what i am starting to worry is that it is already to late. the amounts of heavy metals in our oceans are going to start killing off marine life on a large scale very soon.
and obviously if our oceans die, so do we.
it's a tenous thing, but i think with the right governmental support, we could move relatively quickly on this and only do minor disruption to the economic structure.
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Minor disruption is unlikely, even if we take things slowly. The disruption caused will be huge, simply because the changes that need to be made are huge. Tax cuts and subsidies to help business adapt are absolutely necessary, you are right about that, but the many trillions of dollars it will cost to change our ecological strategies will be a huge burden to bear even for the richest governments.