I don’t remember the massive coordinated media campaigns running into the tens of billions of dollars. I don’t remember an entire political party simultaneously saying there’s no ozone hole and that the ozone hole is actually good for us. I don’t remember rednecks standing in rows on Texas highways shooting AquaNet into the air to own the libs.
I honestly think it’s because the sacrifice and change to switch off aerosols was so small and the fossil fuel industry is much less niche and much more powerful. It took much more to get the world off of leaded gasoline and even that was a pretty small change versus the huge shift off of fossil fuels which would have to take place to fix this.
We’re going to make ourselves extinct because we’re addicted to going vroom vroom. There’s still “car enthusiasts” out there, and people who like to roll coal. And celebrities buying private jets.
Also, it ties into everything: heating, cooling, electricity… We’re fucked.
Basically this. It was a small ask to not use aerosols for everything. We’re OK with doing things to help the world and people at large when it doesn’t directly affect us that much.
It’s one thing to ask people to not use their hairspray so much. It’s a whole other thing to say “hey we need to switch away from gasoline engines and cars entirely.”
I honestly think it’s because the sacrifice and change to switch off aerosols was so small and the fossil fuel industry is much less niche and much more powerful. It took much more to get the world off of leaded gasoline and even that was a pretty small change versus the huge shift off of fossil fuels which would have to take place to fix this.
We’re going to make ourselves extinct because we’re addicted to going vroom vroom. There’s still “car enthusiasts” out there, and people who like to roll coal. And celebrities buying private jets.
Also, it ties into everything: heating, cooling, electricity… We’re fucked.
Basically this. It was a small ask to not use aerosols for everything. We’re OK with doing things to help the world and people at large when it doesn’t directly affect us that much.
It’s one thing to ask people to not use their hairspray so much. It’s a whole other thing to say “hey we need to switch away from gasoline engines and cars entirely.”