Greg Shill
Many elite liberals’ mental model of environmentalism is driving an old Prius, reusing grocery bags, and feeling guilty about consumption when it should be supporting rule changes to facilitate construction of apartments and bus lanes they don’t like but would never need to use.
Dec 19, 2022 at 8:01pmWeb
Show threadGreg ShillDec 19, 2022

“My problem isn’t that I’d have to live in an apartment or ride the bus—things I did at an earlier stage of life—it’s that I don’t want those things near me anymore.”

Ah, now we’re having a productive disagreement!

Show threadGreg ShillDec 19, 2022
No need for maximalism here—some people prefer to live in places that are only/mostly single-family homes, and it seems silly to require them to accomplish that via covenants/HOAs rather than zoning—but the question is *which places.*
Show threadGreg ShillDec 19, 2022
That's inherently political, but I'd consider the areas where such a regime is naturally more vs. less costly. Cities where demand is strong are good candidates for legalized apartment buildings and the transit that makes them work and poor candidates for single-family zoning.
Show threadGreg ShillDec 20, 2022
I agree with this observation, but the solution isn't to expect—against the evidence—that urging people to simply do better in their private lives will bring about needed change. What matters most is the rules of the game and the incentives they create.
https://twitter.com/Ferrocastor/status/1605252105861734408?s=20&t=93XdQQOigxT3fmOTNg6Ppg
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Show threadGreg ShillDec 20, 2022
https://twitter.com/greg_shill/status/1605231726699192322?s=20&t=RK4pkW2znROs4QFC12haSQ
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“Well, response to this was unexpected. If you're interested in the potential of rule changes, along with some context about the current legal paradigm in transportation/land use, I'll shill some recent work for new followers. Most can be found here https://t.co/U9Qz6JIz90”

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Show threadAri OfsevitDec 19, 2022
@gshill porque no los dos?
Show threadBeth D KicinskiDec 19, 2022
@gshill Working at the supermarket I experience it as people who tell me they don't want the receipt - "Save a tree."
Umm...
Paper can be made from all sorts of things. And some of those things can be grown rapidly and provide benefits to the environment as they do.
What we need to save is natural forests. Mostly (in Australia) we're losing them because of new residential development.🤷‍♀️
Show threadDouglas BarnesDec 20, 2022

@no1historychick @gshill

This is a pet peeve of mine. There's no way a solid multi-use bag made of plastic is better for the environment than a brown paper bag made from highly renewable wood pulp -- no matter how many times you reuse it. Yet in CT you pay $.10 for the privilege of the brown paper bag.

Show threadBeth D KicinskiDec 20, 2022
@salguod @gshill People buying "hessian" bags because they think they're better than the others. The "hessian" bags have a plastic liner. And the stuff used to have a logo "printed" to the outside that will stay on through lots of use. Wonder what they think is in that?
Show threadEd DolanDec 21, 2022
@gshill What would be a parallel description of the conservative view?
Show threadGreg ShillDec 22, 2022
@DolanEcon I don't think most assign the same weight to the issue, so whatever the mismatch it seems to me it's not as consequential.
Show threadEd DolanDec 22, 2022
@gshill Yeah, maybe. On "Old Twitter" I sometimes encountered conservatives or libertarians who seemed to feel strongly, but I think you are right, it is a less salient issue