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Originally Posted by Changing City
Nobody on any part of the political spectrum who has any sort of intelligence thinks that recycling or low flower shower heads have anything to do with emissions. You have to be pretty dumb to think that low flow anything creates greenhouse gas.
Some of the far left would be happy to destroy capitalism anyway - if it lowered greenhouse gas emissions that's just a bonus. Unfortunately, without significant regulation and financial prodding, much of capitalism will quite happily continue poisoning, polluting and emiting. Some have already decided they don't really care whether they promised to change their ways. And of course, they own some politicians so they can carry on with business as usual.
Even the ones who they don't own outright are willing to help by buying pipelines and propping up industries that help to continue burning stuff - even though burning stuff is what is creating the methane and CO2 that's changing the climate. |
Hot water is certainly a decent source of carbon emissions. But the point is the consumer is attracted to these supposed win-win solutions. As your link points out there is even a downside to low flow shower heads. But reduce your hot water consumption by 20% in showers or use an on demand natural gas hot water heater is nothing compared to changing lifestyle that nobody wants to do. It's also fun to blame capitalism or capitalists from your suburban home with two cars in the driveway even if one of them is electric the Carbon footprint is more than 10 African or Indian families.