Dear Sacha Zimmerman: It’s odd that the authors would say that "Democrats" are at fault, when by and large the Bible Belt Republicans by and large deny climate change and just want us to continue to use oil, coal, and poopoo solar or wind energy. In fact, the authors in blaming Democrats for any home-grown small changes assume that that is all that Democrats are doing. It is as if they are saying all engineers are Republican, and only incredibly huge changes to our mindset arise from Republicans. That, of course, is nonsense. But, how anyone or group of people can persuade Americans to give up their cars, and persuade the car industry to let itself die, now that’s a problem. For that, it would seem both Republicans and Democrats are going to have to think together, and I only see that happening when the price of gas skyrockets. Americans, even poor Americans, are more wealthy than poor East Indians, or many other people, but they don’t know it. I think if we started to see ourselves as more privileged, and therefore with a duty to set an example on infrastructure change…that might possibly bring us to the table?
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BY Eliabeth M. Burke
ON February 25, 2022 08:29 AM
Dear Sacha Zimmerman: It’s odd that the authors would say that "Democrats" are at fault, when by and large the Bible Belt Republicans by and large deny climate change and just want us to continue to use oil, coal, and poopoo solar or wind energy. In fact, the authors in blaming Democrats for any home-grown small changes assume that that is all that Democrats are doing. It is as if they are saying all engineers are Republican, and only incredibly huge changes to our mindset arise from Republicans. That, of course, is nonsense. But, how anyone or group of people can persuade Americans to give up their cars, and persuade the car industry to let itself die, now that’s a problem. For that, it would seem both Republicans and Democrats are going to have to think together, and I only see that happening when the price of gas skyrockets. Americans, even poor Americans, are more wealthy than poor East Indians, or many other people, but they don’t know it. I think if we started to see ourselves as more privileged, and therefore with a duty to set an example on infrastructure change…that might possibly bring us to the table?