i love blaming the working class!! thank you Bloomberg!
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2025
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I wouldn't call it a blame; it's a recognition that actually solving the problem means actually changing how people heat homes and get to work. Making that happen at scale means having public policy to make that attainable for people.
Heck yes! It has nothing to do with investing in the infrastructure people depend on! Just give them no better options and they'll choose the more expensive route!
Or... we could make electricity cheap, tax carbon dependent heating systems and use those funds to subsidize sustainable options? Whenever people get to a new place, are out to save a buck, or their decade old unit breaks.. the green options will look a whole lot nicer.
So yes, blame those with few reasonable options for having few reasonable options
Ah, yes, doing the same thing while waiting for "better options" as a moral position. That's called moral opportunism! Congrats, capitalism's ideal man: "rational self-interest man".
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. We need to do all the things at the same time. We need corporations to change their ways (which means boycotts, protest, and likely sabotage), we need governments to do their share (which means voting, protests, and general civic engagement at all levels), and we need consumers to accept that their lifestyles will have to change.
To actually make those changes to consumer behavior, we need good public policy decisions and for corporations to not obstruct things. Without good governmental policy, consumers will not be able to make those switches. Without consumer behavior changes and good governmental policy, corporations will kill any chance at change.
(I do think the framing could be better, but I don't think blaming the working class is a good description of what's happening.)
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This!
Many rich economies such as the UK have made big strides in cleaning up their power supply, but their populations still live high-carbon lifestyles. Unlike less wealthy peers still working towards a coal-free grid, this cluster of mostly European nations now faces a new challenge: persuading the public to live differently.
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Fine, but let the richest go first