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Originally Posted by Cuepee
Explain?
We see behaviours changing now with regards to renewable energy, electric vehicles, etc.
Those behaviours are even more predominate in the younger generations.
Why do you believe that should be undone? Why so binary a position?
Again the effectiveness of new tech grows over time. Gained time increments are important.
These are technological improvements.
Behavior modification is what you see on the doomsayer websites that tell people to walk to and from any store less than 2 miles from your house, stop eating meat, set your thermostat to 60 in the winter and 80 in the summer, swap to the Cheryl Crow single-square technique, or unplug all electronics that aren't actively in use.
We have people in this thread bashing Amazon Prime. One does not simply go back to having to put on pants and go outside instead of clicking a few buttons and having a truck show up the next day with whatever your heart desires. That genie doesn't go back in the bottle.
Giving tax breaks to companies working on would-be breakthrough technologies is a good policy. Simply dictating that all automobiles must get 50 mpg by 2025 is not. All you do is force companies to lie to regulators and discontinue things that people love.
Relying on peoples' self control is a recipe for disappointment.