OK, so we have RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness). Should we also have RODA? (no prizes for guessing what the O stands for!)“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” From 'Game of Thrones', Vol1, by George R.R. Martin.
The existing carbon-pricing schemes tend to squeeze only certain sectors of the economy, leaving others essentially free to pollute. And even in those sectors in which carbon pricing might have a significant effect, policymakers have lacked the spine to impose a high-enough price. The result is that a policy prescription widely billed as a panacea is acting as a narcotic. It’s giving politicians and the public the warm feeling that they’re fighting climate change even as the problem continues to grow. Jeffrey Ball, Stanford Uni Scholar in Energy, in “Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working”, 2018.