A solid majority (56%) overall called climate change a major threat, including almost 9 in 10 Democrats and a slim majority of independents. But 70% of Republicans said it’s either just a minor threat or no threat at all.
A solid majority (56%) overall called climate change a major threat, including almost 9 in 10 Democrats and a slim majority of independents. But 70% of Republicans said it’s either just a minor threat or no threat at all.
People downvote you, but you are just sincere and you are saying what we are all acting like.
We need to make polluting expensive, by attaching to it complete costs it has on society and environment.
Like cigarettes and alcohol.
No we have to outlaw polluting and create alternatives. Making it expensive allows rich people and corporations to continue polluting.
Cigarettes and alcohol are banned from certain public spaces, not just made expensive. You can’t smoke in schools, trains, hospitals and in some countries you can’t smoke in the streets. You’re not allowed to drive drunk, work drunk and in the US even openly carry alcohol afaik. IMO punishment for drunk driving should be higher and cigarettes should be banned everywhere in public.
Making cigarettes expensive does not help the addicts, it just costs them more money. Meanwhile the tobacco lobby still creates ads, still makes money off creating addicts and ruining public health. Cheap alcohol similarly has an effect on poorer people who have to spend more to have some fun, while addicts pay what they need to and rich people don’t care about the taxes on whiskey and wine because their bottles are ridiculously expensive anyway.
Problem is how you calculate it and how do you make it Socially acceptable, you cant make people with already barely enough to live pay extra because they use a old car they need and can’t afford a new one…
Point is to make cars unnecessary and even if someone is using car it shouldn’t be the size of WW2 tank.
If someone doesn’t have money, at least they can appreciate small car.
This is completely idiotic.
The solution is to give people more money, not to let them pollute the environment. Why are we often only discussing “solutions” that cost the poor relatively more?
We need cheap public transport and we have to make the rich pay for it.