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It’s easy to see that the people pushing the human induced climate change narrative have been very successful, at least in my country of origin, The Netherlands
by wsc981 3y ago
It’s easy to see that the people pushing the human induced climate change narrative have been very successful, at least in my country of origin, The Netherlands.
As people have been pushed to get solar panels. Buy electric vehicles (and by 2030 I believe the EU wants to ban the sale of non-electric vehicles, even banning re-selling second hand diesel and gas vehicles in EU). In The Netherlands home owners will be forced to change from gas heating to waterpumps in coming years, etcetera. And what about the massive windfarms that are being setup everywhere in The Netherlands?
- mupuff1234 3y agoSure, but you do realize that the majority of companies and economy will not benefit from the transition, quite the opposite? So seems like the bigger financial incentive is to deny the issue if anything.
- wsc981 3y agoI agree it will be horrible for the economy. And for food production and the like. Germany is also feeling the pain as the high energy costs make manufacturing companies unprofitable, forcing them to cease operations or move to other countries. But the EU is determined to follow this path and The Netherlands will follow. As a result the middle class will be crushed through high costs of living and taxation. And many companies will cease to exist or move elsewhere. Of course, this will result in rising unemployment.
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- ithkuil 3y agoI don't understand your argument. Humor me for a moment and assume that human induced climate change is real and that a sizable fraction of policy makers and the general public fully understands the consequences and wants to do something about it. What do you expect to be the observables in that case? I would expect the public to pressure the policy makers in creating policies that reward behaviour that counters the factors that have been identified as causes of the said climate change. Also since humans are messy and imperfect, I'd also expect that these policies are confusing, imperfect sometimes even dishonest. And since humans are humans, these policies will involve shaming other humans to do the right thing, so I'm not at all surprised that a bunch of humans don't like being shamed into doing something, and resist. I find what's unfolding to fit well with the hypothesis that humanity has been persuaded that something has to be done.
- petre 3y agoWhat's wrong with heat pumps, solar panels and EVs? For once I won't be forced ro breathe automotive fumes any longer. It's not like they're selling cigarettes and lobying that they're perfectly healthy. I still have a problem with how batteries (and solar panels) are not recycled and how you're getting replacement battery quotes above the price of a brand new EV. That has got to be regulated and changed, otherwise we'll be stuck with single use EVs.