Carbon Rationing App (CRA)
A government-issued mobile application that tracks and enforces individual carbon footprints. Citizens receive a carbon allowance and are penalized for exceeding it through fines or restrictions on goods and services. Think of it as a digital eco-tax tracker with gamification.
Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea
Global carbon credit exchanges manipulate market prices, enabling speculative investing in the continued use of now-antiquated energy technologies promising impossibly-high market returns.
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