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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
1. My analogy was great.
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No. You should feel bad about it. That's how bad the analogy was. You should feel shame. Look at the ground and wear a hoodie, up with the drawstring tightened.
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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.
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Incorrect - rising gas prices don't just affect people who will drive less or switch to a more efficient vehicle. It affects transportation of goods, making it more cost-effective to produce locally in the long run rather than trucking things in from far away. It affects airline prices, it affects shipping costs. Making those things more expensive does make a small dent - whether or not it's "meaningful", in your view.
And even all of that aside, you've somehow missed my main point: I didn't say this would make a meaningful difference. I said that if this small inconvenience is enough to have people up in arms, they're absolutely not prepared to make the sacrifices that WOULD make a meaningful difference. Yet they demand that meaningful differences be made. Those people are dumb. You're defending dumb people for being dumb. Refer to my earlier comment about shame and hoodies.
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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.”
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... Uh... autocorrect. Yeah. Probably. That's probably what it was.
