<story><title>EU unveils sweeping climate change plan</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57833807</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>redm</author><text>“It&amp;#x27;s super obvious that this is structured as a compromise with business interests. Infuriating.”&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not sure why &amp;quot;business&amp;quot; is always the big bad wolf, I guess it’s an easy target. Businesses are a vehicle for people, like a commune with unified set of goals. YC itself is designed to start businesses. Business create jobs, wealth, improve our lifestyles, and grow our economy.&lt;p&gt;I think any plans moving forward to address global warming have to include business and economic interests. I think what you need more of is incentives to drive innovation in the areas where government wants to push businesses and taxes and&amp;#x2F;or more regulation in areas government is trying to avoid. Businesses will always follow the money.</text></item><item><author>camgunz</author><text>2050 is ridiculous. It&amp;#x27;s more than a generation away. The &amp;quot;key proposals&amp;quot; are essentially some modest tax increases. Is this the best we can do over &lt;i&gt;30 years&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;p&gt;Cool quote here: &amp;quot;The aim is to put the economy on a new level, not to stop it&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s super obvious that this is structured as a compromise with business interests. Infuriating.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kqr</author><text>Because &amp;quot;business&amp;quot; has been ignoring external costs at an unprecedented scale for decades, and that&amp;#x27;s what&amp;#x27;s gotten us into this mess to begin with.&lt;p&gt;Of course, you could argue that business wouldn&amp;#x27;t do this if people didn&amp;#x27;t demand it, which is true. But I&amp;#x27;m much more comfortable with regulating business than people&amp;#x27;s desires.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU unveils sweeping climate change plan</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57833807</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>redm</author><text>“It&amp;#x27;s super obvious that this is structured as a compromise with business interests. Infuriating.”&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not sure why &amp;quot;business&amp;quot; is always the big bad wolf, I guess it’s an easy target. Businesses are a vehicle for people, like a commune with unified set of goals. YC itself is designed to start businesses. Business create jobs, wealth, improve our lifestyles, and grow our economy.&lt;p&gt;I think any plans moving forward to address global warming have to include business and economic interests. I think what you need more of is incentives to drive innovation in the areas where government wants to push businesses and taxes and&amp;#x2F;or more regulation in areas government is trying to avoid. Businesses will always follow the money.</text></item><item><author>camgunz</author><text>2050 is ridiculous. It&amp;#x27;s more than a generation away. The &amp;quot;key proposals&amp;quot; are essentially some modest tax increases. Is this the best we can do over &lt;i&gt;30 years&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;p&gt;Cool quote here: &amp;quot;The aim is to put the economy on a new level, not to stop it&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s super obvious that this is structured as a compromise with business interests. Infuriating.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jahnu</author><text>Business interests as they are currently structured are the big bad wolf and justifiably so. Left unchecked they would wreak havoc. Nobody is saying business per se is bad.</text></comment>