> Me? I am sitting up here in a cottage in Ontario during the Canada Day/Independence Day week in a crappy mood because there’s no A/C. It’s too hot, there are too many people, the bugs are biting, and the internet sucks.
So... The Ontarian Air Force is made up of the same model plane as the Manitoban Air Force? The De Haviland "Mosquito") (I only know this joke because I have a Canadian friend who was lamenting the mosquitos this past weekend and called them that.) :D
They used to (maybe still do) airdrop dragon flies into the area to eat the mosquitos. I haven't seen any dragon flies though so either I missed it or they no longer do it.
I’m sure there are multiple explanations for this kind of bizarre policymaking (masochistic leftists, quango incentives, etc.) but much of it seems to be driven by elite virtue signaling. And many of those elite Europeans enjoy ready access to AC. This is a point that can’t be overstated.
People should be allowed to make their arguments, but then they should own what follows. I guess we now have a rough idea of the price of a human life relative to energy, but perhaps that’s only the price of a European life. Or is that the price of the frail? Should the EU reduce aid to countries that overvalue life? And isn’t it high time to restrict all activities that use more than this amount of energy? I mean, it would be monstrous to deny AC on moral grounds while allowing people to fly, right? Perhaps everyone making the claim about AC should volunteer for an full-life energy audit, just to see if they are walking the walk or are just moral monsters.
These people live in democracies, if they want to elect governments that restrict A/C that's on them.
We make cost/safety decisions all the time, we just don't think of them that way. Cars could be made a lot safer but would cost a lot more being one example.
> elect 5000 Europeans at random, and throw them into a volcano
I'd change this to "select 5000 Europeans *who believe in the climate change cult* at random, and throw them into a volcano".
I was thinking they should ask for volunteers willing to die for the greater good. Greta? Greta? Are you there?
Good luck with that.
> Me? I am sitting up here in a cottage in Ontario during the Canada Day/Independence Day week in a crappy mood because there’s no A/C. It’s too hot, there are too many people, the bugs are biting, and the internet sucks.
So... The Ontarian Air Force is made up of the same model plane as the Manitoban Air Force? The De Haviland "Mosquito") (I only know this joke because I have a Canadian friend who was lamenting the mosquitos this past weekend and called them that.) :D
They used to (maybe still do) airdrop dragon flies into the area to eat the mosquitos. I haven't seen any dragon flies though so either I missed it or they no longer do it.
I’m sure there are multiple explanations for this kind of bizarre policymaking (masochistic leftists, quango incentives, etc.) but much of it seems to be driven by elite virtue signaling. And many of those elite Europeans enjoy ready access to AC. This is a point that can’t be overstated.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-progressive-agenda-as-pure-class
And yet so many people vote for these politicians.
People should be allowed to make their arguments, but then they should own what follows. I guess we now have a rough idea of the price of a human life relative to energy, but perhaps that’s only the price of a European life. Or is that the price of the frail? Should the EU reduce aid to countries that overvalue life? And isn’t it high time to restrict all activities that use more than this amount of energy? I mean, it would be monstrous to deny AC on moral grounds while allowing people to fly, right? Perhaps everyone making the claim about AC should volunteer for an full-life energy audit, just to see if they are walking the walk or are just moral monsters.
These people live in democracies, if they want to elect governments that restrict A/C that's on them.
We make cost/safety decisions all the time, we just don't think of them that way. Cars could be made a lot safer but would cost a lot more being one example.
I had to look him up. The effective altruism guy, eh? Ya, that worked out well.
Capitalism has done much more good for the poor than charity.
Ya, I saw that. Poor judgement all around.