I actually think the problem has been too much expedience, rather than too much pragmatism. But practically everybody involved in serious environmental campaigning is convinced that the necessary transition should aim for justice as well as speed.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:50 pmIt's not an overnight change - we didn't first learn of the problem yesterday. How much longer is pragmatism going to result in expensive, ineffective measures?Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:30 amExcept in the real world you can't make all ICEs vanish overnight, because many of the journeys people make in them still have to happen. The replacement needs to happen as quickly as possible, but a bit of extended thought about the pragmatic issues involved will soon reveal the necessity of juggling multiple priorities.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:00 pmHowever, we are allegedly facing a climate emergency. And this requires that people stop driving fossil-fuelled cars.
One thing that has definitely failed so far though is relying on market forces.