A lot of it doesn't seem to hold up. If climate change is really a big emergency:
Pick up the easy transportation stuff first:
- keep/expand WFH instead of having workers commute to a special building
- move to a 4 day work week [one less day commuting]
- bring back a day of closure for service/retail [restaurants closed on Monday?]
- improve traffic flow [syncing up lights, road design, etc.]
- reduce/consolidate deliveries [do we need mail 6 days a week?]
- move more long distance freight by train or river barge
- stop flying empty jets just because [just heard about this; they do it to keep their landing slot]
IOW reduce total miles driven/flown.
None of that stuff is sexy or makes consumers by new electric vehicles and get new charging stations installed. Which increases the demand on an already strained electrical grid.
Any Green elites saying we should stop manufacturing and growing stuff in poorer countries and shipping it around the planet? To cut down on emissions? Maybe go back to eating local food that is in season?
Probably not as it would also cut down on their profits because if they are hit with a big transport carbon tax they can only pass so much of that on to consumers. Strangely most of the "solutions" being pushed to "save the planet" seem to make a lot of money for big corporations.
If it is a big "9 years left" emergency then why aren't new modern nuclear power plants being built to provide power when "green" energy isn't enough?
If it is an emergency why haven't we banned burning wood for heat in urbanized areas? Why aren't we providing poor countries with lots of cheap solar powered ovens?
A real wood fire in your fireplace is nice, but if you choice is giving up a gas/diesel vehicle or giving up a wood fire for some other sort of fire in your home is it that hard a choice?
How much profit is there in stopping the commercial sale of cut firewood in a city vs. requiring everyone to buy and drive an electric car?
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