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The real issue is that Americans are too rich and pampered. If you reduce disposable income massively in line with the rest of the world, then they won't be ab
by nivenkos 4y ago
The real issue is that Americans are too rich and pampered.
If you reduce disposable income massively in line with the rest of the world, then they won't be able to afford private vehicles and the change will come naturally.
- naveen99 4y agoIncome is also a measure of value / productivity. So reducing income is reducing value and productivity. Rest of the world will not benefit from reduced us value.
- jnmandal 4y agoYeah, this is the crux of it. Many responders here seem to believe they have a choice in the matter, or perhaps more acutely that their limited choiceset is the only factor in what happens. People seem to have forgotten that government, trade, and economic policies enabled the status quo and it will be used (we can actually see it already is) to modify it. It's pretty hard to justify whining about your pampered lifestyle when the next folks can't even afford to eat. Forgetting for a second food and agriculture (the biggest problem in carbon pollution that no one likes to talk about), it's no secret that the up front cost of an EV is higher, even with subsidies. It shouldn't be hard to imagine the logical continuation of that concept, extended through to supply chains from chips all the way to raw minerals.