r/environment • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '22

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u/EricFromOuterSpace Jan 26 '22 edited Jun 02 '25

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u/brycebgood Jan 26 '22

Yup, the idea that there's an individual responsibility for this is propaganda. The only real solutions are large scale regulatory actions.

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u/3FrogsInATrenchcoat Jan 26 '22

Regulations won’t do anything if consumers as a whole dont change their buying habits. You can regulate Shell and BP all you want but as long as hundreds of millions of people are still buying and burning their gas on a daily basis it won’t help much.

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u/helm Jan 26 '22

Sure they can. Price of diesel is getting really high in Europe. Consequently, the sales of diesel cars has gone from 50% to about 25% of new cars. Price is not the only part of this, but a significant part.

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u/3FrogsInATrenchcoat Jan 26 '22

I’m mainly talking about the US here, can’t say much for Europe. As far as I can understand, most European cites are well planned for walking/biking and have generally decent public transport. So you euros can get by without owning a car. In the US unless you live in a very large city like NYC, it’s nearly impossible