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I'm surprised "spite" isn't mentioned as a reason, a lot of people see a "green" label and deliberately choose something else in an act of rebellion. https://w
by minikites 7y ago
I'm surprised "spite" isn't mentioned as a reason, a lot of people see a "green" label and deliberately choose something else in an act of rebellion.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/04/130430-light-bulb-labeling/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/04/13043...
>Green labeling causes some consumers to shun energy-efficient light bulbs even when they know the choice could save them money, a new study finds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/business/energy-environment/rolling-coal-in-diesel-trucks-to-rebel-and-provoke.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/business/energy-environme...
>“Why don’t you go live in Sweden and get the heck out of our country,” Mr. Blue wrote.” I will continue to roll coal anytime I feel like and fog your stupid eco-cars.”
- mschuster91 7y ago>“Why don’t you go live in Sweden and get the heck out of our country,” Mr. Blue wrote.” I will continue to roll coal anytime I feel like and fog your stupid eco-cars.” Good grace. Maybe the Soviets did have a point with reeducation camps. Sarcasm aside, we as societies desperately need to come up with ways to cope with such people. Being as dense as rocks isn't criminal, but harming others as a result of that should be severely punished (and same goes for antivaxxers and abstinence-only ideology).