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Fundamentally everything comes down to that people don’t want to change. Any solution pushed is a solution that does not require change. electric cars are stil
by gmerc 3y ago
Fundamentally everything comes down to that people don’t want to change. Any solution pushed is a solution that does not require change.
electric cars are still cars
recycling means you don’t change consumption at all
carbon capture means you continue to emit.
Humans don’t seem capable of change
- fnimick 3y agoHumans on a large enough scale are basically toddlers, it seems. Nobody is willing to give up the slightest luxury today in order to have a better tomorrow. It's incredibly disappointing.
- matthewdgreen 3y agoHuman beings are making a conscious decision to fight change. See e.g., the two-year delay on offshore wind construction under the previous administration. There are still fossil-fuel adjacent groups fighting this: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/us/offshore-wind-delays-inflation-whales-climate/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/us/offshore-wind-delays-infla...