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Which studies?

• whimsicalism 6y ago
  https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/who-is-willing-to-pay-more-for-renewable-energy/ https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/who-is-wi... Interestingly, the younger generation is less willing to pay than the 30-44 age group, even though willingness to pay is uncorrelated with income.
  • Ma8ee 6y ago
    Talk about cherrypicking the results. Yes, slightly more 30-44 year olds are willing to pay more for renewable energy than 18-29 year olds. But both of those groups are much bigger than the two groups 45-59 and 60+. So the reasonable conclusion is the opposite of what you suggest.
    • whimsicalism 6y ago
      I guess my thinking is combatting climate change is going to cost more than $10/mo on the electrical bill, I pay like $5k/mo in tax and apparently most people in a similar financial situation can't accept an increase of like 0.5% of what they pay in taxes to avert climate change. $10/mo is very little, and the fact that we can barely get majorities of the younger generation to say that that would be okay is disheartening.