> I feel environmental regulation is going the same path. There is a lot of resistance against improving things just because.
Well no not just because. I really care about the environment but it is getting a bit exhausting. In Holland everyone has to move away from natural gas meaning everyone has to buy hugely expensive heat pumps and insulate their houses more to deal with the lower heat output.
ICEs are getting banned from city centers so you need to buy an EV which is messy to charge if you live in a flat, we have to drag all our empty plastic bottles back to the shop now and can't even crush them to save bag space. New environmentally friendly paints scratch much easier. Lead free solder causes solder joints to break earlier meaning more frequent purchases. Plastic bottles now have their caps attached in an awkward way. Prices are constantly rising due to environment levies making it more expensive for citizens but companies are still raking it in and producing stuff they know it's harmful like PFAS. Housing is super expensive because environmental impact reviews limit the amount of new construction and the government put even more on hold due to too much nitrogen compounds.
All these things are just expensive and more hassle and I can imagine people are getting a bit frustrated. It's like it's never enough. It's with good reason sure but I can understand people feel like they're getting the short end of the stick.
I personally don't even own or need a car and I live somewhere now where I don't really need heating and we can still just dump our bottles in the plastic bin in the street here. So I'm pretty ok with everything. But yeah I feel people's pain.
Well no not just because. I really care about the environment but it is getting a bit exhausting. In Holland everyone has to move away from natural gas meaning everyone has to buy hugely expensive heat pumps and insulate their houses more to deal with the lower heat output.
ICEs are getting banned from city centers so you need to buy an EV which is messy to charge if you live in a flat, we have to drag all our empty plastic bottles back to the shop now and can't even crush them to save bag space. New environmentally friendly paints scratch much easier. Lead free solder causes solder joints to break earlier meaning more frequent purchases. Plastic bottles now have their caps attached in an awkward way. Prices are constantly rising due to environment levies making it more expensive for citizens but companies are still raking it in and producing stuff they know it's harmful like PFAS. Housing is super expensive because environmental impact reviews limit the amount of new construction and the government put even more on hold due to too much nitrogen compounds.
All these things are just expensive and more hassle and I can imagine people are getting a bit frustrated. It's like it's never enough. It's with good reason sure but I can understand people feel like they're getting the short end of the stick.
I personally don't even own or need a car and I live somewhere now where I don't really need heating and we can still just dump our bottles in the plastic bin in the street here. So I'm pretty ok with everything. But yeah I feel people's pain.