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I kinda agree. I however think it should be a personal responsibility. Not something forced upon you or being pushed to the government to solve. People have mo
by peterspath 1y ago
I kinda agree.
I however think it should be a personal responsibility. Not something forced upon you or being pushed to the government to solve. People have more personal responsibility. Lots of them aren’t bothered anymore because they think the government will fix it.
For example, I don’t have a car and choose to live in walking distance of my work. When I go somewhere I take the bike or train.
- evolve2k 1y ago[flagged]
- peterspath 1y agoI’m not. What’s stupid about it? I’m willing to change my mind.
- vidarh 1y agoWhat's stupid about it is that there is zero evidence to suggest it has any chance at achieving a sufficient effect soon enough.
- evolve2k 1y agoThe fact you walk / ride is admirable. We’ve been oversold on personal responsibility. Milk used to come in glass bottles, buying milk now comes in plastic, very little you can do without a bunch of lobby and active work. We’re inside systems that are society wide, the ways the systems we’re all inside of run very much matters. Sorry to have been so harsh; your two points didn’t line up in my head and I assume a bot. Please accept my apology, these are strange times.
- vidarh 1y agoIf there was any sign of that working that'd be fine.
- tim333 1y agoI'd go the other way - it should be a global carbon tax of so much per ton. Otherwise you get the present combo of "EU - But at what cost?" and "World emissions hit record high", ie. suffering but with no results. Tax still gives personal freedom - just if you want to burn a lot of oil you pay more.