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If the negative externalities that are killing our planet are included in the cost, those killers become less profitable. This can be done via taxes or other means.



Unfortunately, oligopolies invariably perceive such measures as incentive & opportunity for regulatory capture i.e. corruption, which resets progress.

It follows that correcting the energy market requires also restructuring the sector.




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