Seeing this from another perspective. Why does a person who can’t even afford to travel give a shit about Barrier reef. Sure collectively, we as humans have mes

Seeing this from another perspective. Why does a person who can’t even afford to travel give a shit about Barrier reef. Sure collectively, we as humans have messed it up. But what are the actions of one person gonna make a difference? Most people have bigger problems to worry about. Like ... staying alive, being able to hold a job and pay rent. I also think that it’s wishful thinking that suddenly we as humans will suddenly change our livestyles. Cheap energy makes our lives confortable and arguably makes us happy. Add this to the capitalist landscape of most countries where govts bend to accommodate corporates, why would anyone implement a policy that’s harmful for their economy? May be Australia since the Barrier reef is in their country but even their govt really doesn’t give a shit to be honest. In terms of game theory, it makes sense why they behave the way they do. I feel the only way to get out of this is rewarding strong innovation. I.e making it so that solar/wind/nuclear is wayyy cheaper than coal so it doesn’t make sense for any business to run a coal plant. Just the way we stopped burning wood and candles. Same with cars, it’s too expensive to buy a Tesla / leaf compared to a good ol reliable Toyota. Prius is fugly. Gimme an affordable electric car that beats the pants off gasoline car in range, style, and long term maintenance costs and everyone will shift. Incentivize Apple, Google, Microsoft, Hedge funds etc to spend their billions of fat cash in energy revolution and we’ll get the returns. The truth is the economy rewards profits and right now, not being green is profitable.