Are Millennials Cemented as Civics/Heroes Yet?

[David Horn]

(03-11-2022, 10:32 AM)JasonBlack Wrote:

(03-11-2022, 05:04 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: There is no difference. Many Millennials realize that the threat of climate breakdown is a threat to the whole world and that includes our country. They understand that many issues can't be restricted by national border.

And the main problem therewith is their insistence on punishing their countrymen for excessive fossil fuel usage before viable, cost-effective alternatives are available.

True, though not as true as you might expect. Why do we lack alternatives? First, the energy consortium has done everything it can to keep us where we are, and they managed to convince Joe Sixpack that his pickup truck would be replaced by a microcar is they didn't get their way. The same applies to home HVAC, with threats of hyper-expensive electricity. Another problem is NIMBYism, and I don't have a good solution to that short of outright build-by-decree.

The other problem is letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, which is a lefty problem. Here, you're right. Sorry, but we need a lot of optins other than solar and wind, or this doesn't get resolved.

I'll leave the other topics to other posts.