The difference between what some adults say about themselves & what they do (a language > < behaviour misalignment)
Many adults want (want) to buy & drive #FossilFuel (diesel & petrol) powered vehicles whilst being aware that burning fossil fuels is causing #ClimateChange & diseases
Environmental apathy & dishonesty because ecological degradation is being caused by the activities that they enjoy participating in.
@empiricism I don’t disagree but I think it’s unfair, in the main, to blame individuals (the 1-10% excepted)
We live in a toxic economic & political system that goes out of its way to make doing the right thing the hard (& expensive) choice, while ramming consumerism down our throats
The hypocrisy is also systemic in a world in which the media, political “leaders” and business stroll along, whistling idly to themselves, without a care in the world and spreading hopium
I just wrote how it is
If an adult (individual) is aware that diesel-engined vehicles and woodstove burners cause diseases & climate change, when in operation, can you be more specific about whom or what you think is causing the problem?
The air pollution? (rhetorical). But air pollution has no agency!
The vehicle or wood stove? But, again, no agency there!
What about the individual who is aware that their activities are producing air pollution? (do they have a choice?)
You hit the "nail" on the "head".
And that infrastructure has been constructed by humans. To mitigate air pollution, disease & climate change, we can replace the outdated infrastructure with EV public transport, clean air walking & bicycling routes, electric trams, trains, etc
Who would be against this? The fuel industries & their associated politicians.
For example, UK's Rishi Sunak supports the air-polluting "motorist" but is against smoking. Something doesn't add up 🤔
Empiricism
Simon Johnson
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