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>Average Joe does not care about global warming when purchasing a car

Don't know why you're being down voted for saying the truth. It's not your own opinion but it's still the wider truth no matter how uncomfortable it is.

Most consumers don't care about the environment when they buy something and businesses care even less about the environment.

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He’s being downvoted because the formulation “have no place in average Joe's mind” is a bit ambiguous, it sounds like the poster’s opinion is, that it SHOULD NOT be the concern of the average joe, whereas I think he meant that it is unfortunately not.

Secondly, he may have because of regulations.

Thirdly, “problems are known” without even the slightest precision is pure trolling, that’s just not ok.

I feel like many do, but aren't willing to sacrifice.

The key with any product is to provide advantages that help the consumer making the purchase, not just society or the environment.

Because it doesn't add anything to the discussion, other than repeating the preceding comment. It's twelve words repeated twice. Regardless of who is right or wrong, it doesn't describe the average Joe, it doesn't look into who they are or where they come from, it doesn't do anything to convince one way or another who "average Joe" is. Basically, [citation needed].

I think it’s due to the big sweeping claim being made. Most people, even American conservatives, know that climate change is real and will make their lives worse. That doesn’t mean everyone is free to change the built environment around them to suit a lower-polluting lifestyle but that’s not the same as saying that they wouldn’t make other choices if they thought it was practical for them.

I don't see how it is uncomfortable. It would make me more uncomfortable if the anti-private transportation campaign started by the government and the media was working on the average Joe.

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