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It remains infuriating to be repeatedly lied to by politicians who say they can "hit net zero" etc without any lifestyle changes. It is utter nonsense and simp
by Ntrails 2y ago
It remains infuriating to be repeatedly lied to by politicians who say they can "hit net zero" etc without any lifestyle changes.
It is utter nonsense and simply ensures every conversation on the topic is grounded largely in fantasy.
There are hard choices to be made and we insist on letting people pretend otherwise. It's infuriating
- gbear605 2y agoUnfortunately Americans as a whole would rather have climate change than lifestyle change. That’s a good portion of why Trump is president now. And most countries are in the same position, or want lifestyle change in the sense of using more energy. If technology can’t do it, more climate change is inevitable.
- Earw0rm 2y agoThen they presumably understand climate change in terms of occasional weather disasters and hot summers and not, say, twenty years of chronic and persistent inflation followed by actual food shortages.
- closewith 2y agoThe hard choice has been made. The world has decided to accept climate change in order to continue using fossil fuels. It's just not the choice you (or I) want.
- Dylan16807 2y agoWhile I think some lifestyle changes are a good idea: There's so much we can convert to renewable and electric power without any meaningful lifestyle changes or even a particularly large amount of money relative to the size of the industries involved. And for the rest, it would cost money to keep the same lifestyle, but GDP per capita keeps rising and if you hold lifestyle constant then that gives you lots of money to spend on big goals. What's utter nonsense and fantasy about that?