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I'd like to drive my sportscar all the time. I'd like to do a lot of flying. I'd like to not have to bother about recycling anything. But it is selfish to have
by rkangel 4y ago
I'd like to drive my sportscar all the time. I'd like to do a lot of flying. I'd like to not have to bother about recycling anything.
But it is selfish to have what I want and not care about the future of our planet, so I make some compromises.
- twoodfin 4y agoRelying on human selfishness by putting a price on the externalities of emissions seems to me far more likely to succeed than preaching self-abnegation. Pay more for more heat or pay for fancy thermal underwear. Choose what selfishly makes you happier.
- rkangel 4y agoI completely agree that that would be a more effective approach, and we should all campaign for it. That isn't the world that we live in though, so instead I have to choose not to be selfish. FWIW, I don't wear fancy thermal underwear. I do accept that wearing a warm jumper during the winter (while heating my house to 19 or 20 degC) is a perfectly reasonable compromise.