Reply #1: One Could Argue For Less Pollution On Its Own Merits [View All]

[Demeter]

without having to make the quantum leap to climate change. It worked for 40 years--Clean Air, Clean Water, etc.

It may very well be that cleaning up for health reasons is more motivating than trying to lay a big guilt trip on Joe Sixpack, who can't do a damn thing about it anyway, and doesn't want the guilt.

I think that the psychology aspect of public debate has been sadly neglected on our side. It's time to re-read Asimov's Foundation series and take notes.


Then there is the job-making, cost-saving aspects of changing how and why we do things: in these trying times, people will listen to simple, useful changes. Especially if there are immediate payoffs. A lot of the fruit off that tree is still easy to reach.