Government responses to global warming are often simply suggestions in lowering your quality of life (e.g. use public transport, turn off your lights, hang out clothes). I see problems with this:
1. This will not stop global warming, it only slows it down
2. For this to be at all effective everyone would have to participate, which is totally unrealistic.
3. Whether we use the energy or not, the greenhouse gases are still being pumped into the atmosphere in astonishing amounts.
Doesn't the problem lie in the government's means of power generation (burning of fossil fuels), not in the public's power consumption. Are governments trying to avoid the costs by shoving the burden onto us. Where are the hydrogen cars? Hydrogen cars exist, but where are they?
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