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Just as in 2020, when we discovered that rich countries could abruptly end car commuting when necessary for COVID, Germany/EU are discovering they can rapidly pivot their energy mix against Russian expansionism.Permalink On twitter.com
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One obvious lesson is that we could also drawdown carbon emissions rapidly over the next ten years if we discovered the global climate crisis to be the life-threatening emergency that it is.On twitter.com
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Currently however, there's an emotional mismatch where "security" threats activate our primal sense of fear in ways that "environmental" threats do not.Permalink On twitter.com
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I would go further and say that, perhaps, when/where COVID is a "foreign" threat, the looming deaths feel like a potential invasion, can arouse urgent action. But when it's a "health" threat, we're more ready to get used to it.Permalink On twitter.com
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That may contribute to explaining why zero/ultralow COVID countries remained so vigilant for so long.Permalink On twitter.com
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And why Omicron's thorough breach of those defenses in some places, changing the threat from "external security" to "internal health", has prompted a reduction of vigilance even as deaths have gone up.Permalink On twitter.com
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Those of us working to head off climate catastrophe need to watch and learn from these collective psychological details.Permalink On twitter.com