▲ 227 ▼ Gasoline cars are now less than 50% of new cars sold globally. (oilprice.com) submitted 1 day ago by Lugh@futurology.today [M] to c/futurology@futurology.today 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (8 children) glances at gasoline prices I wonder why... permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (5 children) Not because of concerns of global CO2. People only care about their pocket books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago I don't really care why. Neither does the climate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah, that's generally how humans operate. Pretty universally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ravenheart@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child) That's how they're conditioned/forced to think under capitalism. Everything orbits around the accumulation and/or preservation of an abstract, arbitrary number rather than things that actually matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago No, that's just human nature. Humans operate within circles of closeness. Themselves, their immediate family, their extended family, their neighborhood, their town, their state, their country, other humans globally, then other issues like the abstract issue of a future climate situation. Generally, people only start to care about the further circles when the closer circles are fully satisfied, regardless of economic system. If something happens to affect a closer circle, then humans will virtually always focus on that circle before caring about a further circle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 23 hours ago Misanthropic nonsense. People opposed their government waging the Iraq war, assisting the Palestinian genocide, the Vietnam war amongst whole hosts of other things with no appeal to their own wallet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grimy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 child) Silver lining of the war in Ukraine and Iran. I hope the straight stays closed for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago Donald Trump may be the single most climate friendly president in our lifetimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (5 children) Not because of concerns of global CO2. People only care about their pocket books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago I don't really care why. Neither does the climate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah, that's generally how humans operate. Pretty universally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ravenheart@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child) That's how they're conditioned/forced to think under capitalism. Everything orbits around the accumulation and/or preservation of an abstract, arbitrary number rather than things that actually matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago No, that's just human nature. Humans operate within circles of closeness. Themselves, their immediate family, their extended family, their neighborhood, their town, their state, their country, other humans globally, then other issues like the abstract issue of a future climate situation. Generally, people only start to care about the further circles when the closer circles are fully satisfied, regardless of economic system. If something happens to affect a closer circle, then humans will virtually always focus on that circle before caring about a further circle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 23 hours ago Misanthropic nonsense. People opposed their government waging the Iraq war, assisting the Palestinian genocide, the Vietnam war amongst whole hosts of other things with no appeal to their own wallet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago I don't really care why. Neither does the climate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah, that's generally how humans operate. Pretty universally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ravenheart@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child) That's how they're conditioned/forced to think under capitalism. Everything orbits around the accumulation and/or preservation of an abstract, arbitrary number rather than things that actually matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago No, that's just human nature. Humans operate within circles of closeness. Themselves, their immediate family, their extended family, their neighborhood, their town, their state, their country, other humans globally, then other issues like the abstract issue of a future climate situation. Generally, people only start to care about the further circles when the closer circles are fully satisfied, regardless of economic system. If something happens to affect a closer circle, then humans will virtually always focus on that circle before caring about a further circle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 23 hours ago Misanthropic nonsense. People opposed their government waging the Iraq war, assisting the Palestinian genocide, the Vietnam war amongst whole hosts of other things with no appeal to their own wallet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ravenheart@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child) That's how they're conditioned/forced to think under capitalism. Everything orbits around the accumulation and/or preservation of an abstract, arbitrary number rather than things that actually matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago No, that's just human nature. Humans operate within circles of closeness. Themselves, their immediate family, their extended family, their neighborhood, their town, their state, their country, other humans globally, then other issues like the abstract issue of a future climate situation. Generally, people only start to care about the further circles when the closer circles are fully satisfied, regardless of economic system. If something happens to affect a closer circle, then humans will virtually always focus on that circle before caring about a further circle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago No, that's just human nature. Humans operate within circles of closeness. Themselves, their immediate family, their extended family, their neighborhood, their town, their state, their country, other humans globally, then other issues like the abstract issue of a future climate situation. Generally, people only start to care about the further circles when the closer circles are fully satisfied, regardless of economic system. If something happens to affect a closer circle, then humans will virtually always focus on that circle before caring about a further circle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 23 hours ago Misanthropic nonsense. People opposed their government waging the Iraq war, assisting the Palestinian genocide, the Vietnam war amongst whole hosts of other things with no appeal to their own wallet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 child) Silver lining of the war in Ukraine and Iran. I hope the straight stays closed for a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago Donald Trump may be the single most climate friendly president in our lifetimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago Donald Trump may be the single most climate friendly president in our lifetimes. permalink fedilink source parent