Lies Van Rompaey

A war causes gas and oil prices to rise and suddenly people are willing to follow all kinds of guidelines to reduce their use of fossil fuels.

When asked to follow more or less the same guidelines to save the climate and our own hides, humanity as a whole can't be bothered.

I guess people see rising prices as an immediate and personal threat, whereas the effects of climate change remain somebody else's problem. But still. It irks me.

#climate #climatechange

Mar 24 at 3:54pmWeb
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@liesvanrompaey Which is why I mostly ignore the whole thing and the surrounding noise.

People who still consider this crisis a mere affordability or convenience issue instead of acknowledging the harsh reality of climate destruction and mass extinction driven by their addiction to fossil fuels are inherently unreliable. They will turn our backs on us again as soon as the prices drop.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateDestruction