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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
There is absolutely no reason to think that if food becomes more expensive obesity rates will drop. In fact there is good reason to think the opposite - losing weight is actually something that is more likely when people have more time and money available to them. There is absolutely good reason to believe that higher gas prices will decrease vehicle emissions. This is a terrible analogy.
It's definitely like falling backwards into step 3 though, it's not like these hiked gas prices are a deliberate attempt to curb emissions. No one said they were. But the whinging about them from the myriad people who are "bummed about an extra 20 bucks at the pump", who otherwise like to consider themselves progressive about climate change remains idiotic and exactly the sort of "no, someone ELSE should pay for these things I want to happen for the betterment of the world" self-delusion that is so utterly irritating to witness.
EDIT: For the record, by the way, my cars are absolutely in no way fuel efficient, I don't drive them very much and will drive them even less than usual as a result of the current gas prices. I'm fine if stuff has to cost more to help change peoples' behaviour and I'm prepared to change mine as well. But I'm also not living paycheck to paycheck so I'm sure my view on that front will be dismissed summarily.
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1. My analogy was great.
2. Given what we know about emissions and how they need to be curbed to have a meaningful difference, it’s actually kind of idiotic to think that the small sub-section of people A) able to simply drive less and/or B) able to make a near-term switch to a more efficient (electric/hybrid) vehicle, while the largest emitters remain the same or ramp up production, will make any meaningful difference. You’re railing against self-delusions while, you guessed it, deluding yourself into believing this is some worthy sacrifice.
3. You should be dismissed. Not just for not living paycheque to paycheque and owning multiple cars you can just choose to drive less, but mostly (and this is important) for saying “whingeing” instead of “whining.”