Time for a System Change ?

[nobodysfriend]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO the answers could lie in taxation, and consensus.

 

Plastic waste has been found at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Microplastics are in our bodies.

 

Subsidize and incentivize biodegradable plastics, every step of the way. Tax the daylights out of any plastic which is not biodegradable.

 

The Montreal Protocol of 1987 was agreed on by most nations, to eliminate the use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which were destroying the ozone layer. Its success can be measured by the fact the ozone layer is slowly recovering to pre-1980 levels.

 

Consensus on limiting the use of fossil fuels is a much more difficult task, due to a rearguard action by fossil fuel companies. Like plastics, taxation may be the answer. Nations that drag their heels get left behind.

 

I don't have a problem with people getting rich. When it is at a cost to the environment, it is time to say whoa.

 

The first intellectual attractive post so far .

Thanks for that .

[Airalee]

28 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

No way I want to " dictate " anything to anybody . I am not a dictator .

Yes , I am privileged , compared to many others , I know that , So what ?

I am not responsible for other people , I help when I see an emergency , I manage to keep my heart open .

But my priority is to help reduce the suffering of animals here on the island .

We rescued 32 dogs by now from a certain , painful death and gave them a new life , to take good care for all of them , I have to spend about 80000 baht a month . I do not care for the money , they give something back to me that is worth more than this . Loyalty , Honesty , Love .

I have a house that is off-grid , powered exclusively by solar . ( I have another house , a conventional one as well ) , but I prefer the small off grid one because it's location near the mangroves and a beautiful lake .

I think , I will sell the big luxury one , because I do not really need it anymore ...

What do you do ...?

Ok Mr. 1%

 

Keep on virtue signaling

 

Matthew 6:1-4

[nobodysfriend]

Just now, Airalee said:

Ok Mr. 1%

 

Keep on virtue signaling

 

Matthew 6:1-4

You sound so jealous ... how old are you ?

Religious ?

[Yagoda]

46 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

No way I want to " dictate " anything to anybody . I am not a dictator .

Yes , I am privileged , compared to many others , I know that , So what ?

I am not responsible for other people , I help when I see an emergency , I manage to keep my heart open .

But my priority is to help reduce the suffering of animals here on the island .

We rescued 32 dogs by now from a certain , painful death and gave them a new life , to take good care for all of them , I have to spend about 80000 baht a month . I do not care for the money , they give something back to me that is worth more than this . Loyalty , Honesty , Love .

I have a house that is off-grid , powered exclusively by solar . ( I have another house , a conventional one as well ) , but I prefer the small off grid one because it's location near the mangroves and a beautiful lake .

I think , I will sell the big luxury one , because I do not really need it anymore ...

What do you do ...?

Feed a lot of poor people for 80K a month do you.

 

No, dogs. People starve, feed dogs. Check your privs biggly. You sound like a Brown undergrad.

 

 

[Yagoda]

16 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

You sound so jealous ... how old are you ?

Religious ?

He one of the rare folks here who can critically think

[nobodysfriend]

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

Feed a lot of poor people for 80K a month do you.

 

No, dogs. People starve, feed dogs. Check your privs biggly. You sound like a Brown undergrad.

 

 

 

I prefer dogs to people . They do not lie , steal and are thankful for what they get ...

People are not .

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

I prefer dogs to people . They do not lie , steal and are thankful for what they get ...

People are not .

Hitler liked dogs too.

 

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Subsidize and incentivize biodegradable plastics, every step of the way. Tax the daylights out of any plastic which is not biodegradable.

Most plastics are NOT biodegradable.  So basically you will taxing most all plastic.

 

More taxes never solve anything, as they simply waste more, if they have more.

[nobodysfriend]

14 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Most plastics are NOT biodegradable.  So basically you will taxing most all plastic.

 

More taxes never solve anything, as they simply waste more, if they have more.

 

Non bio-degradable plastic is too cheap . It needs to become expensive , and the problem disappears alone ...

[nobodysfriend]

39 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Hitler liked dogs too.

 

 

I am not Hitler , many people like dogs ...

[Airalee]

33 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Feed a lot of poor people for 80K a month do you.

 

No, dogs. People starve, feed dogs. Check your privs biggly. You sound like a Brown undergrad.

 

 

Poor people won’t bow down, lick his feet and show him the adulation that he deserves.

[nobodysfriend]

Just now, Airalee said:

Poor people won’t bow down, lick his feet and show him the adulation that he deserves.

You are talking BS , if not getting better , go see a doctor .

[Airalee]

1 minute ago, nobodysfriend said:

You are talking BS , if not getting better , go see a doctor .

If we could all only be as good as you.

 

May I kiss the ring?

[nobodysfriend]

2 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Poor people won’t bow down, lick his feet and show him the adulation that he deserves.

 

You would not have helped him , I am sure ... well we did ... he was tortured by people .

 

Now he is happy and healthy with us .

 

Ever done something good in your life ...?

 

[nobodysfriend]

2 minutes ago, Airalee said:

If we could all only be as good as you.

 

May I kiss the ring?

 U r an Idiot .

[Lacessit]

25 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Most plastics are NOT biodegradable.  So basically you will taxing most all plastic.

 

More taxes never solve anything, as they simply waste more, if they have more.

There are 7 companies currently producing biodegradable plastics, mostly based on polylactic acid.

 

Correctly applied, taxes on non-biodegradable plastics should be used to clean up the mess they make. It's a matter of political will and absence of corruption to achieve that result.

 

Our current economic models are flawed, when have you seen one that takes account of environmental costs?

 

I have worked for a range of companies. They had one common factor - they all cheated when it came to their environmental licences.

[Airalee]

12 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

Ever done something good in your life ...?

Nothing that I would post online in order to seek approval from strangers.

[KhunLA]

29 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

Non bio-degradable plastic is too cheap . It needs to become expensive , and the problem disappears alone ...

There is nothing wrong with plastic.  It's how it's used (food industry), and how it's disposed of, landfill or sea.

 

Any plastic not recycled, should be burned for energy. Problem solved.

 

Taxes ... I would have no problem pay more, though prefer a flat tax (income), but the problem is, the govt (USA) wastes most taxes, mismanage their budget, and corruption rules.

 

So NO, I don't want to give them any tax money, and main reason I left the USA.  I literally live  here / TH, on what my monthly tax burden would be in the USA, approximately say $476 / ฿16.3k, (as calculated for 2024), from actual cost.

 

Pretty sure just my real estate taxes would be that amount.  If having one of the last houses I owned there.

 

Time for a 'System Change'. and should be how they spend our taxes collected.   That's the problem, not that they don't already have enough.