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Perhaps if you became a politician you would get their perspective.

• adrianN 7y ago
  If I became a politician today it would certainly take me more than ten years before I got anywhere further than my local council. By then we already used up our carbon budget.
  • themaninthedark 7y ago
    "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford. "It is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Things like zoning, light rail, solar and wind allowance are all very local politics. Your local council is where the change is needed.
  • frutiger 7y ago
    You are blaming the politicians who apparently took the “ten years” before they got anywhere for making whatever choices they think best reflect their intents. Yet you do not wish to do the same.
    • adrianN 7y ago
      So? I also blame people dumping toxic waste in rivers and yet I don't want to become the boss of a chemical plant.