Re:How should net metering affect your electric bill?
by lmm on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:22PM
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> Any evidence for this? IMO "Sanctimonious environmentalists" only care that consumption reduces. Whether that's voluntary or due to being priced out by carbon taxes is irrelevant.
The New York Times said that their article pointing out that (most) recycling has higher environmental costs than landfill attracted the most complaints of any article for at least 10 years.
My old professor doesn't get invited to climate conferences anymore because he ran some serious research into whether geoengineering approaches were feasible.
There is definitely a large constituency of hair-shirt environmentalism that cares more about how much you're suffering for the sacrifices you're making than about how big an actual effect you're having.
The New York Times said that their article pointing out that (most) recycling has higher environmental costs than landfill attracted the most complaints of any article for at least 10 years.
My old professor doesn't get invited to climate conferences anymore because he ran some serious research into whether geoengineering approaches were feasible.
There is definitely a large constituency of hair-shirt environmentalism that cares more about how much you're suffering for the sacrifices you're making than about how big an actual effect you're having.