General Road and Highway Discussion

[SammyOES]

I think that the approach is asinine, but SUVs are a significant reason why our vehicle emissions have been rising instead of declining like they should have with modern technology.

They aren’t #1 for emissions, but it’s moving the goalposts if we are only allowed to spend effort protesting and controlling the #1 emitter.

Dan and these “activists” don’t understand climate change because the problem isn’t small optional choices that people make. Telling people “to make better choices” gets us nowhere. Literally nowhere. And, I’d like to point out, this protest isn’t even about the problems of individuals driving or lack of public transportation. It’s targeting a specific mode of individual transportation where even the best choices consumers can make (efficient electric cars) are still highly problematic for climate change.

The only way we tackle climate change is with broad based policy that forces climate change costs into every decision we make. It requires governments to write the rules so that businesses and consumers make every choice with climate change in mind.

And if we need Government support we need broad based public support to elect the Governments that will make these choices. And the easiest way isn’t to convince people that don’t care about climate change to suddenly care or make better choices. It’s to get a majority (or maybe even a plurality) of people that are currently apathetic to vote accordingly, talk accordingly, and act accordingly.

This “protest” will not move apathetic people to caring.