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If a society is to function people need to be doing the work that isn't enjoyable as well as the work that's enjoyable.
There's likely not enough people that get genuine enjoyment out of being a garbage man or sewer maintenance worker for a world with everyone doing what they want to work.
You have to add incentives for the less desirable labour or else the system collapses under its own weight.
I have doubts.
Many communities in the USA don't have garbage people. Everyone takes their garbage to the dump. There are people that work at the dump.
Someone does have to build and fix sewers, but no one has to clean another person's toilet.
Also, no one only does pleasurable work, regardless of the economic system.
What's the carbon footprint on that?
Low. Electric street cars and all electric is wind and solar.