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Climate change is real, but taxing people and yelling at them has led to a lot of people disconnecting.

I’m not sure how else to explain this to folks passionate about climate change, but telling people the world is going to end, calling them stupid for asking “are you sure?” and telling them to pull out their wallet - is not effective policy.

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I’m sympathetic to your position. What would you suggest as a way to combat such a huge collective action problem?

Unfortunately I have no suggestions. Am not a policy expert nor do I know enough about collective human psychology. I’m simply pointing out that the current approach hasn’t been effective.

Then I have to disagree, because while you’re right that it’s led to a lot of people disconnecting, I think we’re making progress overall. So it is effective, maybe just not as much as some theoretically perfect approach that no one can think of and that we can’t afford to wait for.

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