Viewing profile — michpoch

These professions are a core of the middle class. Maybe some of the most successful could be called upper-middle class, if they also had a large inheritance? But a regular software…

> but that middle class and lower class Americans were much more likely to have Android devices. An iPhone would be a very minor expense for a person from middle class (lawyers, do…

> For any expats, I was curious what your pathway was to getting overseas? So... any expats? Or Americans moving overseas? Or people from the USA moving to EU countries? These will…

Yes, that’s seems rather low even? Plus that is basically almost included in their budget - 30 USD for electricity is already there.

> Also, while I agree that $40 is cheap to me, it's also an additional 10% on their budget. They already have 30 USD per month for electricity in their budget. All year long. > whi…

At these electricity prices bothering with wood might not be worth it. If you get some, that’s nice, but otherwise just insulate the house well and you’re golden.

At 4 cents per 1kWh heating will not be an issue, even with regular resistive heater. It’s almost free electricity. You could run a 1.5 kW heater 24/7 for roughly 40 USD a month. J…

> No offense, but it kind of shows with every product by that company I've touched over the years. You still have code review process which will be done by the owner of that space …

> Until recently, Telegram operated without a clear monetisation strategy, funded largely by Pavel Durov’s personal fortune Well, that is an extraordinary business model indeed

Right, but how do you track carbon in imported goods?

„Only” track imports?

It's trivial to implement auto fuel tax - it's already in place in most of developed countries.

Ok, let's assume you do. Let's tax all fuels 300% in the US. Now all manufacturing stops as your production costs are all over the roof. Everything is imported from countries that …

This is already done, in Europe most of the fuel costs are taxes.

Yes, if you apply the carbon tax only for the fuel at petrol stations. I am talking about realistic-to-implement solutions.

Right, but now you're talking about adding the tax to the whole economy, not just car fuel? That's close to impossible to implement. You'd need to track production and usage of eve…

We don't differentiate these in any significant way. Do buses in your country pay different rate for fuel? There are vans carrying 6 people on international routes in Europe, is th…

> Some uses are, impulse Craigslist and local furniture purchases, outdoor sports equipment, home garden projects. Why would you buy a pickup for any of these activities? It'd be q…

> I live in a "city" in WV and need my truck all the time to get to rural areas How rural are these areas? No roads?

The question is... how many farmers / ranchers need these pickups? There seems to be like an absolutely crazy competition for vehicles for a very narrow group of people. Who will b…

What makes a jet private? Should Trump's Boegin 757 count as one? What if an airline is flying a jet with no passengers? Cargo jets?

> since on average richer people will spend more on fuel Why would you think so? People driving older cars, not being able to afford to fly - will certainly spend more money on fue…

So the US should drop the sales tax then?

> Just as a tax on consumption of up to 27% in Europe massively reduces Europe's consumption of US exports. Same way it reduces the consumption of domestic goods? Seems like fair l…