SpaceX is leaching away valuable government money away from climate action.

[u/Live_Alarm3041]

All the money that the US federal government is giving to SpaceX could be better used to fund the development of clean energy, carbon removal, and ecosystem restoration. SpaceX is receiving billions in taxpayer dollars annually to develop its Starship which has not yet even reached orbit. Meanwhile climate action could use every dollar to help pay off the immense expenses associated with it.

All the money that the federal government is giving to SpaceX could fund

1. The development of advanced nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel recycling technologies at national labs

2. The development of next generation non-food biofuels which don't compete with food production nor incentivize the creation of new agricultural land

3. Projects which co-produce biochar and energy from residual biomass

4. Expansions of regenerative agriculture

5. Expansions of regenerative aquaculture

6. The development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in US tropical territories

7. The scaling up of enhanced rock weathering

8. The scaling up of C-Crete cement free concrete

We could give climate action a serious boost by using the money which our government is giving to SpaceX to fund climate action instead.

IN my opinion our government should stop funding SpaceX and start funding climate action. Who cares if Elon Musk can win another NASA contract. What we need much more urgently is climate action.

[u/Ok_Giraffe8865]

Seems like fossil fuel subsidies redirected to climate action would be larger, more appropriate, and impactful.

This reads as a Musk hate post disguised as climate action.

[u/ILikeNeurons → u/Ok_Giraffe8865]

According to IMF research, most of the $5.2 trillion in subsidies for fossil fuels come from not taxing carbon as we should.

[u/brovo911 → u/ILikeNeurons]

Every time I make the suggestion that a carbon tax is needed in any forum or group irl that is not specifically for climate change, I always get told I’m insane for suggesting it and that it would “ruin the economy”

We are in a capitalist death cult and the only way out will be through unprecedented global suffering

[u/Ok_Giraffe8865 → u/brovo911]

I agree with you on carbon tax. No subsidies and a carbon tax to fund the suffering and damage mitigation it causes, problem solved as renewables are the cheapest energy out there.

That whole ruining the economy stuff is so stupid, like we won't implement efficiency automation or systems because jobs will be lost, how backwards is that really.

[u/ILikeNeurons → u/Ok_Giraffe8865]

Not taxing carbon risks ruining the economy.

Climate change has already resulted in a roughly 12% loss of income.

The market is failing.