• ch00f@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Oh sure. I agree with that. Obviously many people have limited options.

    I just think think it’s a monumentay bigger ask no matter where the change has to be made (policy or individual choice).

    Like our best solution for transportation (in the US at least) is to just keep making larger free ways. Even gas powered buses running on decades old technology could make a significant impact on the climate crisis, but people either don’t want to ride them or cities don’t want to build them.

    Any way, I’m just frustrated with the attitude that we’re going to technology our way out of this hole without needing to change or sacrifice anything (like we pulled off with ozone).

    When it comes to energy use, there’s such a thing induced demand. If it’s cheaper, people will use it more. Hell, look at how much energy it takes to use AI to write an email.

    There’s no induced demand with refrigerants.