Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri...
by danans on Monday June 06, 2022 @12:06PM
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> If you let your opposition wield it, they will destroy your way of life,
Plenty of things in climate-forward policy actually improve everyone's quality of life, even if the "way of life" changes.
Take EVs for example. As we transition to them, local air quality improves, not just for the EV drivers but also for non EV drivers.
Same for heat pumps replacing fossil burning furnaces - they are so efficient that it still results in a CO2 and emissions reduction if we burn natural gas at a power plant to power them.
And for most people and drives EVs are just a better experience (acceleration, vibration, smoothness), and heat from a heat pump feels better than a gas furnace since it doesn't excessively dry the air, and also has no risk of leaking combustion byproducts into your living space.
But sure, if "way of life" means the "principle" of burning fossil fuels directly for day to day propulsion and space heating, then yes climate policy is a threat to that, but being wedded to a technology for its own sake seems backwards.
Plenty of things in climate-forward policy actually improve everyone's quality of life, even if the "way of life" changes.
Take EVs for example. As we transition to them, local air quality improves, not just for the EV drivers but also for non EV drivers.
Same for heat pumps replacing fossil burning furnaces - they are so efficient that it still results in a CO2 and emissions reduction if we burn natural gas at a power plant to power them.
And for most people and drives EVs are just a better experience (acceleration, vibration, smoothness), and heat from a heat pump feels better than a gas furnace since it doesn't excessively dry the air, and also has no risk of leaking combustion byproducts into your living space.
But sure, if "way of life" means the "principle" of burning fossil fuels directly for day to day propulsion and space heating, then yes climate policy is a threat to that, but being wedded to a technology for its own sake seems backwards.