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People will start to get more radical if things don’t change. They are starting now to deflate the tires of oversized SUVs. Later I can imagine the destruction

People will start to get more radical if things don’t change. They are starting now to deflate the tires of oversized SUVs. Later I can imagine the destruction of property which is damaging the environment and the disruption of industries like coal power plants.

Our_Benefactors 4y ago
Environmental terrorism won’t catch on since it is after all, you know, terrorism. A crunchy granola crackpot letting air out of a few car tires won’t become a trend, it’s a clickbait for ecofacists.
- pornel 4y ago
  When whole countries start experiencing deadly heatwaves and crop failures making them uninhabitable, we will have real terrorism and wars over this.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  It won’t have to catch on because the change is already happening. Negative sentiment around oversized cars, fossil fuel companies, and single use plastics is already widespread. Throwing paint on fur coats didn’t unite buyers in buying more fur coats, it just highlighted how unethical they were to a population that mostly already agreed.
  - pharmakom 4y ago
    Agree. It’s all about moving the Overton window to determine what gets mass adoption.
  - Our_Benefactors 4y ago
    You can feel negatively against those things without supporting ecoterrorism like degassing tires, blocking freeway traffic, and vandalizing property.
    - Gigachad 4y ago
      Sure, and you can do both :)
gedy 4y ago
And that doesn't matter as China is what's driving CO2 increase. But folks "gotta do something", especially if it targets their outgroup.
- bbu 4y ago
  Us outsourcing manufacturing to china is driving co2. Can’t blame that one on china.
  - gedy 4y ago
    Even if that is the case, then it's still pointless to flatten SUV tires, etc.
- Ekaros 4y ago
  Isn't the problem that already developed countries are not banning things from population and forcing them back into subsistence farming? So that they could get emissions back to level they were before industrialisation?

Our_Benefactors 4y ago

Environmental terrorism won’t catch on since it is after all, you know, terrorism. A crunchy granola crackpot letting air out of a few car tires won’t become a trend, it’s a clickbait for ecofacists.

pornel 4y ago
When whole countries start experiencing deadly heatwaves and crop failures making them uninhabitable, we will have real terrorism and wars over this.
Gigachad 4y ago
It won’t have to catch on because the change is already happening. Negative sentiment around oversized cars, fossil fuel companies, and single use plastics is already widespread. Throwing paint on fur coats didn’t unite buyers in buying more fur coats, it just highlighted how unethical they were to a population that mostly already agreed.
- pharmakom 4y ago
  Agree. It’s all about moving the Overton window to determine what gets mass adoption.
- Our_Benefactors 4y ago
  You can feel negatively against those things without supporting ecoterrorism like degassing tires, blocking freeway traffic, and vandalizing property.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    Sure, and you can do both :)

gedy 4y ago

And that doesn't matter as China is what's driving CO2 increase. But folks "gotta do something", especially if it targets their outgroup.

bbu 4y ago
Us outsourcing manufacturing to china is driving co2. Can’t blame that one on china.
- gedy 4y ago
  Even if that is the case, then it's still pointless to flatten SUV tires, etc.
Ekaros 4y ago
Isn't the problem that already developed countries are not banning things from population and forcing them back into subsistence farming? So that they could get emissions back to level they were before industrialisation?