We have a moral obligation to understand the physics of our energy economy because it is the basis of all wealth, prosperity, and abundance in your life, and the lives of all future generations.
This photo is the steel reinforcement of the base of a wind turbine, you will still have to add between 600 and 800 M3 of concrete, which is a weight of nearly 2000 tons!
Once the wind turbine is dismantled, this base will forever be buried in the ground.
@friedberg interesting point about the wealth tax as a method to avoid civil war.
I fundamentally disagree and believe that a consumption based (i.e. national sales tax) would be far more effective.
Side note I believe all income based taxes should be changed to consumption based. Wealth based taxes should be avoided at all costs.
@ArbitrageAndy1 How do we fix this when the incentive for politicians is to pander to the lowest common denominator?
To start voting should be limited to citizens who are net tax contributors.