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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I'm not sure who's really getting richer here, aside from the people who are going to get richer no matter what happens in the world.
But, look, if your opinion is, "we shouldn't do anything about climate change", whether that's because you don't think there's anything we feasibly can do or because you don't think it's worth doing what would be required in terms of the sacrifices we would all have to make... well, that's just fine, you can be upset about rising gas prices without being a hypocrite.
Similarly, if you're someone who thinks climate change is such an important priority that we must do whatever we can to mitigate its effects and hope beyond hope that those mitigating efforts give us a chance to solve the problem before irreversible damage is done, and you see higher gas prices and think, "good, there will be fewer emissions if emitting is more expensive", that's also just fine. No hypocrisy.
But if you talk a big game about combating climate change, and vote accordingly, and complain about oil companies as evildoers destroying the planet, and are now complaining that it costs more money to fill up your Corolla, you are simply a total ####ing idiot. This is what taking the necessary steps looks like. Only much, much more disruptive. There's no fence-sitting option that makes any logical sense.
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As the owner of a Corolla (well Matrix, same vehicle but hatchback), I actually purchased this vehicle as it was one of the most environmentally friendly vehicles at the time. I drive under 5000 km/year, take transit most days, but need some kind of vehicle for me and my family and occasionally needed the car for work.
The environmental cost of a hybrid vehicle was actually worse than the pure gasoline vehicle, assuming you're driving a compact car and drive low kms. This was 12 years ago (I still drive the same car and didn't trade it in for a fancy new one either), and maybe that math has changed.
I know this is off topic, but not sure why Corolla drivers are the ones getting attacked here. Maybe the people who driver trucks for no reason would be a better target?