LA Times: Citizens Must Demand Government Implement Small Solutions

I told you the LA Times was a on a big roll with the climate crisis scam. Here’s another (Yahoo piece here)

Op-Ed: Climate change is a big problem. Citizens must demand many small solutions

The world is on fire. The flames are hard to see, because we hide them so well. But you can hear them — in the whine of jet engines as planes streak across the sky, in the rumble of power plants as they send electricity surging over power lines, in the purr of your car engine as you drive to work.

Every person living in a well-off country contributes to the conflagration. When you and your neighbors turn on your lights at night, a coal- or gas-burning power plant somewhere will most likely increase its fuel use — just a smidgen — to supply the electricity.

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Many people are trying to help, in their own ways — perhaps by buying a Prius or an electric car, recycling diligently, installing smart thermostats, eating less meat, maybe contributing money to an environmental group. These actions are important, but by themselves they are not enough. The world will not be saved by conscientious “green consumers” who decide, one family at a time, to drive less or install solar panels on the roof. The problem is just too big for that.

Instead, we all need to become “green citizens.” We need to focus, together, on a relatively small number of public policies that can, over time, bring about sweeping change.

Strange how this always comes to Government Authority, eh? Especially since most of these “green consumers” aren’t.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 passed by Congress will help by using tax subsidies to make clean energy more affordable, which should speed the construction of wind and solar farms, hasten the switch to electric cars and much more. But Congress did not clear away many of the obstacles that are slowing change. And a lot of those issues are under the control of state and local governments.

This means much of the work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will need to be done by local leaders, spurred on by their citizens. A prime example is the need to improve our building codes.

Buildings are one of the nation’s largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions. It will be impossible to meaningfully slow global climate change without cleaning up America’s buildings, and the way to do it is to subject them to new rules.

As if housing costs in California aren’t high enough already. And there’s’ lots and lots on government building codes

Too many Americans feel paralyzed by the climate crisis. It is a daunting problem, but the idea that we as citizens can do little about it reflects a poverty of imagination. If you’re tired of feeling helpless with a sense of impending doom, put on your marching shoes and make some political demands.

Yes, yes, let’s empower government with more dictatorial controls.

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7 Responses to “LA Times: Citizens Must Demand Government Implement Small Solutions”

  1. H says:

    Dictatorial controls??? Teach tell us you are not still mad about not being able to easily buy incandescent light bulbs. Don’t despair they will still be available until Aug 2023.

  2. Professor Hale says:

    Yep. Everywhere I go all I hear is the constant outcry from the masses for more government involvement. The root cause of all of life’s problems is usually not enough Government.

  3. CarolAnn says:

    Yeah, pedo joe finally admitted the Chinese flu is over.

    If COVID is over, then the student loan cancellation is illegal.
    If COVID is over, then the termination of employment in the military, in schools, in hospitals, etc., is illegal.
    If COVID is over, then DHS’s barring of unvaccinated travelers is illegal.
    If COVID is over, then the mask mandates in school are illegal.
    If COVID is over, the evisceration of voting requirements is illegal.
    Hopefully, if COVID is over, some judges will get some backbones.

    Follow the science joe. Two weeks to bend the curve and two years to break the economy. Good job joey!

    Everything the left believes has been shown to be a lie. And they still won’t change their minds.

    • Elwood P. Dowd says:

      CarolAnn,

      President Brandon the Great said the PANDEMIC was over, but that we still have a problem with Covid. About 500 Americans still die each day from Covid.

      What lies about Covid does “the left” believe?

  4. Jl says:

    “A big problem”. What’s the problem? Please show your math….

  5. JimS says:

    The proper solution to the “climate crisis”….. If you believe that horse squeeze, then make changes in your own life, not others.

    • Elwood P. Dowd says:

      Agreed. I never stop at those fascist STOP signs. All laws are optional as far as I’m concerned. Whenever I change the oil I just dump the offal down the storm drain. No EPA is gonna tell me what to do.

      I sold my catalytic converters, too. Also, obtained several thousand doses of the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol from China in anticipation of the Missouri legislature banning abortion.

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