Hi Michael, it was good to recently find you on Tempests and Terawatts, having read your work elsewhere from time to time.
I would like to suggest you look at the language used in climate discussions. My hypothesis is that for many unengaged people language such as “reducing emissions”, “decarbonising”, “the energy transition”, and “fossil fuels” conceals the reality that we need to stop using virtually all the fuels in common use such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel, natural gas, as quickly as possible. Such lack of clarity allows people to tell pollsters that they want to see more action on climate change and then go on to buy new cars, trucks, boats, gas appliances, etc in the expectation of continuing to burn the fuels need to operate them for the usual life of their new machines. I have found some polling evidence for my hypothesis.
Hi Michael, it was good to recently find you on Tempests and Terawatts, having read your work elsewhere from time to time.
I would like to suggest you look at the language used in climate discussions. My hypothesis is that for many unengaged people language such as “reducing emissions”, “decarbonising”, “the energy transition”, and “fossil fuels” conceals the reality that we need to stop using virtually all the fuels in common use such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel, natural gas, as quickly as possible. Such lack of clarity allows people to tell pollsters that they want to see more action on climate change and then go on to buy new cars, trucks, boats, gas appliances, etc in the expectation of continuing to burn the fuels need to operate them for the usual life of their new machines. I have found some polling evidence for my hypothesis.