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Designing a Policy for Consumption Reduction
Imagine you are a policy advisor for a city government. Your specific task is to design a policy that focuses primarily on the strategy of reducing the societal consumption of a specific energy-intensive good or service (e.g., air travel, red meat, fast fashion). Propose one concrete policy and justify why it is a clear example of a consumption-reduction strategy, as opposed to a strategy focused on improving technological efficiency or switching to cleaner energy sources.
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