I don't get this focus on whether or not to turn the thermostat up. You should be warm enough when suitably dressed for the activity (so big jumper on if sitting around, less if active). It's far better to insulate your home reasonably well and replace any remaining dumb thermostats with smarter heating controls. Even if it doesn't make a meaningful difference to the state of the planet for the next generation, it should lower the ongoing running costs of your heating. Insulation and controls are sometimes the only upgrades with a decently fast payback.
So you are telling the people that already where forced to replace their diesel car earlier than planned
after it was first sold to them ''as doing the right thing'' that they need to buy ''smart themostats'' ? Wonder if you also recommended wood pallets as ''green'' and ''sustainable'' heating source roughly 15-20 years ago? But don't get me wrong this is not personal, is about a certain mentality, those with their well of position telling others to be into all that green shoot, the hell do they care if you need to replace it in 15-20 years instead of the projected 30+? Hell do they care if what they said 15-20 years ago are now unveiled as farking lies. Hell 90% of what is now blocking roads for ''the climate'' will work for the oil industry in some capacity 10 years from now. Seen it all before.
And so do the poeple, hence the fact it's hard to get people to change. it not a populair change and they have been lied to over and over again.
That's not true if we are an early enough adopter to be making and selling a lot of the products and services needed to help others stop using fossil fuels. We know that the fossils will run out eventually so better we're among the experts than having to pay the experts later.
Dreams until your dreams come true right? We don't have mass production and or the laws to enslave people to do it cheaply so China or India will say thank you very much simply copy without paying and run off with the bulk of your projected early adopter income.
I'm pretty sure there are other non-fossil-fuelled transport options than cycling or walking! Also, not all fossil fuel transport is equally bad: there's a wide range of pollution per person there, with flying being among the worst (and private planes the worst).
Poluttion per person is BS measurement method, a person living remotely on a farm poluttes less then a person in a flat 80 stories high in London, even if they use the same amount if resources, because high rises change air dynamics and the ability's for nature to break things down.
But green lobbyist are not keen to point this out because they would attack one of the hands that feeds them.
Firstly, we need to stop pretending that all ecological choices are detrimental. Are you really going to enjoy a rail-connected holiday destination less than one that most people fly to?
Yes, flying might suck but it's done in a fe hours a train takes much longer and if you have someone in your party with a disability it sucks even more. For example because you have to worry that they don't fotget the wheelchair ramp at the destination or transfer place.
But the whole concept that the train is compareable to a plane is simply nonsense. (fear of heights and things like that aside) if you look at the time alone, if your sitting for 4-6 hrs in a train compared to 2-3 hrs for the same journey in a plane your going to feel better taking that plane as sitting still for so long is not comfortable.
But ultimately, it's probably going to get to the point where politicians feel they have no option other than to tax the harmful options more. There will be much whining and wailing when they do, but I suspect they might find a way to tax polluters who don't vote in their elections, so it sticks.
And that's exactly how the democrats in the US lost and why there is an increasing popularity for every populist political party the trumps etc. That's why EV have such a bad name they symbolize something for people and then populist link them and the circle is complete.
Not a smart move by any means in my view
