Notice how nothing you hear about is ever being done in moderation. It’s all or nothing… overreacting, hysteria, burdensome impositions...
...and then, of course the resentments and backlash from those opposed to stopping the collapse of the ecosystem we rely on for our existence..
Also, notice how there has been no onslaught of grass roots efforts to reduce environmental impact of our behaviors... No ‘bottom up” solutions, such as “community gardens."
In Germany, it can be argued that "Veggie Thursday" is more aptly named "Expensive Guilt Reconciliation Thursday" leaving everyone feeling a bit anemic in the nation famous for sausage. Are there express misgivings over preparing vegetarian meals for a small fraction of their existence? It's probably not making many gourmets out of them, is it?
As I read the scathing criticisms for all these "literal" translations of what amounts to experimental solutions, I easily conjure up practical, and basically FREE solutions for nearly every one of these “complaints” as I read them…
The regulations from above that are enforced onto people are going to be huge let downs… and we're surprised by this, why? Are people really so helpless and hapless in the face of environmental challenges? Simple solutions at home seem quite salient and realistic.
Have Germans lost their “edge” when it comes to innovation and engineering? And never mind that, a better question is, why on this green earth would anyone rely on “industry” at any rate to solve these problems? Think about that for a moment...
Germany's citizens are sounding a lot like beleaguered guinea pigs for industrial solutions.
Not that there may be some solutions that are applicable on a wide scale, effective, and successful in a wide distribution... I'm sure there are... but are too many just going to rely on that? But wasn’t it Einstein (A German) who said that the thing that causes the problem is unlikely to be the source of its solution, or some such pap?
