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Anecdata, but some people do listen. My grandmother still keeps her thermostat at 65 - explicitly because Jimmy Carter asked her to in 1977. I think institutio
by AftHurrahWinch 6y ago
Anecdata, but some people do listen. My grandmother still keeps her thermostat at 65 - explicitly because Jimmy Carter asked her to in 1977.
I think institutional appeals from a conservation and energy-independence mindset can work on some people, though they are surely ignored by many more.
- extra88 6y agoAnother example of relative success: I don't know how it started but I and many others still remember to cut the plastic rings on six-packs before throwing them out to avoid turtles from getting stuck in them if they end up in the ocean. Your grandmother's actions have been more consequential than mine, my discarded plastic is extremely unlikely to end up in the ocean and if it did, it would still look like a jellyfish that a creature would try to eat.