Are Millennials Cemented as Civics/Heroes Yet?

[JasonBlack]

(03-12-2022, 05:51 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(03-11-2022, 09:41 PM)JasonBlack Wrote: "They need to be made available NOW"
I would be agreeable to this if it actually became the discourse of conversation (among the public at least. You've probably talked about it at length), but at the moment, everyone is focused on what not to do rather than what to do. We're too focused on "ban this", "stop doing that", "we need to cancel that", with no "do this instead".

Replacing fossil fuels with renewables in response to this Ukraine crisis and its sanctions is being talked about among the public, not just with me. Environmentalists like Bill McKibben are talking about it, and other organizations that send me email are talking about it. The Europeans are talking about it, and President Biden talked about it in his recent speech to the nation. I'm sure it needs to be talked about more. But whether it is or not, by whoever, it IS the need.

It's good that people are talking about it, but that doesn't mean we have solutions readily available. I see where people are coming from about the whole modern craze over "instant gratification", but at the same time, when you're talking about whether or not someone is going to be able to afford to commute to work, you really do need an "instant" solution if you don't want to have to double the size of the welfare state.