• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Urge climate action from the government

    That’s a very familiar refrain. Government wants to tackle climate change. It announces a bunch of measures, with electric transportation, heat pumps, renewable energy. Population sees prices for transportation, housing and energy go up even faster and gets angry.

    Government tries to use subsidies to lower costs. Taxes go up. Population gets angry again.

    Population tries to shift taxes to the rich. Lobby groups spring up and campaign money dries up faster than a river during a heatwave.

    Somebody else gets elected that is not climate friendly. More heatwaves happen. The cycle starts again.