Comment by renewiltord | Hacker News Reader

Comment by renewiltord | Hacker News Reader

Fair enough but I can’t do anything about that. Letting go of these concerns has made my life way better. And thankfully, environmentalists support my viewpoint. It’s not my fault. It’s because of corporations.

I used to think the way forward was that we’d use less fossil fuels but it seems like that’s not on us individually. Most environmentalists today support large homes on country lots over polluted cities and prefer cars to virtue-signaling bikes.

Given that it’s actually better to live in this way I just decided to lean in. After all, they’re environmentalists. This is what they do. So nuclear and geothermal stuff is probably bad and gasoline in the truck we use as a second car is fine. Besides, I look around me and see green. How can I be wrong?

/s ?

I'd like to know what environmentalists you follow who support driving around in a second car as opposed to public transit or cycling.

Sierra Club SF opposes local housing. California Environmental Quality Act advocates use it to block bike lanes. And in general, California environmentalists talk about visions for "green space" over such use. POSIWID, right? If CEQA has been most effectively used against bike lanes and housing, then CEQA's purpose is to oppose bike lanes and housing.

But it's their job to know this, so I stay in my lane for the most part and cancelled my Terrapass etc. Only thing I kind of oppose is $4b/mi subway projects. I think we could use that more effectively.

But otherwise, I'm happy to support the mainstream environmentalist view that geothermal and nuclear power is evil and that living stacked on top of each other like sardines is a bad thing for the environment. The second car is just a consequence of that. You can't expect my wife and me to live far away and bike 50 mi in independent directions. Listen, I'm in STEM, so I could not possibly comprehend or understand the nuances of the climate. I've got to trust the local experts and the Sierra Club et al. are local experts.

You should get a private jet too, that is how all the truly committed environmentalists travel these days. </sarc>

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