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What an attitude. Apart from that, Romania's energy consumption comes 75% from coal, oil and gas. THAT is something that does not makes sense and something tha

What an attitude. Apart from that, Romania's energy consumption comes 75% from coal, oil and gas. THAT is something that does not makes sense and something that is SUPER SAD. And to walk around in shorts and t-shirt in the winter when you are heating with those sources is just plain stupid. It's unfortunately these kind of attitudes which will make it hard to reduce climate change.

oblio 4y ago
1. Source? 2. That's just dumb. Romania reduced its energy usage a ton since 1989 plus its per capita usage is super low, if someone needs to look in the mirror it's the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, China (China for the industrial pollution primarily), etc. 3. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc
pshirshov 4y ago
If we really care about climate change we would take care of the major offenders first. And when we come to domestic heating we would run reasonable insulation programs and heat pump installation programs instead of the laughable "grants", ban OFCH, etc. I think that if I generate 25% of my winter electricity consumption on my own, I may increase my in-house temperature without killing the damn planet. Also don't forget that the total footprint of a heat pump is nothing against a typical OFCH system.
- Gasp0de 4y ago
  Why would you take care of major offenders first, instead of taking care of all offenders at once? It's not as if you shutting down your heating means the coal power plant next door looks at your chimney and goes "Hey lads, this sucker switched of the heating, add an extra shovel of coals!".
  - pshirshov 4y ago
    Because my personal contribution won't change anything on the global scale but it would significantly impair my quality of life. Also because I've taken reasonable actions to reduce my footprint. Also because if we take care of the major offenders responsible for 70%-80% of the emissions there might be no need to care about the rest. I even doubt that anything would change if everyone in the developed world switches to this extreme economy. E.g. Russia burns coal and wastes hundreds of gigawatt hours to heat the atmosphere because of how their heating systems are designed. But of course it's lot easier to force me, a person who works from home, drives a hybrid car with 52MPG on average (and I rarely do more than a couple of hundreds km per month), travels couple of times per year and who installed a heat pump and a solar PV, to live with 19 degrees than to deal with Russia. It's equally easier to force me going full vegan instead of applying seemingly working solutions to reduce meat industry emissions (toilet training, seaweed diet, artificial meat in the end).
  - Zababa 4y ago
    > Why would you take care of major offenders first, instead of taking care of all offenders at once? For the same reason that if you had two jobs with the exact same conditions, but one paid twice as much as the other, you would probably pick the one that pays more. Efficiency matters. Resources are limited. Oil is a resource. The capacity to take care of offenders is another.

oblio 4y ago

1. Source? 2. That's just dumb. Romania reduced its energy usage a ton since 1989 plus its per capita usage is super low, if someone needs to look in the mirror it's the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, China (China for the industrial pollution primarily), etc. 3. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc

pshirshov 4y ago

If we really care about climate change we would take care of the major offenders first. And when we come to domestic heating we would run reasonable insulation programs and heat pump installation programs instead of the laughable "grants", ban OFCH, etc. I think that if I generate 25% of my winter electricity consumption on my own, I may increase my in-house temperature without killing the damn planet. Also don't forget that the total footprint of a heat pump is nothing against a typical OFCH system.

Gasp0de 4y ago
Why would you take care of major offenders first, instead of taking care of all offenders at once? It's not as if you shutting down your heating means the coal power plant next door looks at your chimney and goes "Hey lads, this sucker switched of the heating, add an extra shovel of coals!".
- pshirshov 4y ago
  Because my personal contribution won't change anything on the global scale but it would significantly impair my quality of life. Also because I've taken reasonable actions to reduce my footprint. Also because if we take care of the major offenders responsible for 70%-80% of the emissions there might be no need to care about the rest. I even doubt that anything would change if everyone in the developed world switches to this extreme economy. E.g. Russia burns coal and wastes hundreds of gigawatt hours to heat the atmosphere because of how their heating systems are designed. But of course it's lot easier to force me, a person who works from home, drives a hybrid car with 52MPG on average (and I rarely do more than a couple of hundreds km per month), travels couple of times per year and who installed a heat pump and a solar PV, to live with 19 degrees than to deal with Russia. It's equally easier to force me going full vegan instead of applying seemingly working solutions to reduce meat industry emissions (toilet training, seaweed diet, artificial meat in the end).
- Zababa 4y ago
  > Why would you take care of major offenders first, instead of taking care of all offenders at once? For the same reason that if you had two jobs with the exact same conditions, but one paid twice as much as the other, you would probably pick the one that pays more. Efficiency matters. Resources are limited. Oil is a resource. The capacity to take care of offenders is another.