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We’re hopefully shifting away from fossil fuels for vehicles, but in the grand scheme of things I think everyone agrees it’s not going to be enough.
Just think of how we continue to encourage and glorify consumerism, disposables, and trivialities. These all contribute to the problem!
We often belabor that entire industries, parties, and regions are getting in the way; yet there’s no sense of shared sacrifice.
That is, it’s a “do as I say” and not “do as we do”, whoch never goes over well.
So even without the O&G lobbying I strongly believe climate change endeavors would be extremely steep battles.
The alternative, of course, is a Stalinist-style re-engineering and that way is…well, a way of desperation.
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We’re hopefully shifting away from fossil fuels for vehicles, but in the grand scheme of things I think everyone agrees it’s not going to be enough.
Just think of how we continue to encourage and glorify consumerism, disposables, and trivialities. These all contribute to the problem!
We often belabor that entire industries, parties, and regions are getting in the way; yet there’s no sense of shared sacrifice.
That is, it’s a “do as I say” and not “do as we do”, whoch never goes over well.
So even without the O&G lobbying I strongly believe climate change endeavors would be extremely steep battles.
The alternative, of course, is a Stalinist-style re-engineering and that way is…well, a way of desperation.