When the environment is the enemy of business, the environment loses.
I’m glad the EU looked at this record breaking summer and determined that more of this is exactly what was needed
More and worst
I mean the AC business is booming! If they can bundle it with an Air Purifier we can really move some units! Put some AI data center controlled Palantir cameras, maybe a couple of microphones on those bad boys and boy will economy boom!
I propose we relocate the EU commission in Vanuatu
All the extra airmiles will slow down climate change!!
How about Venus so they can see first hand the planet they will create
Aren’t they the main problem anyway? They’re gonna double down on telling individuals they’re killing the planet because they left a light on or didn’t sort mixed plastics for recycling.
We’re fucked
I’m always torn by the turning the lights off every time I leave a room shortly and will be back in a few to 15 minutes and turn it on again. At which point is the faster breaking of the LED lightbulb because of way more on/off cycles worth minding more over the slight use of electricity from leaving it on while gone? How long of a planned “useless light on” is actually still worth it?
Wopke Hoekstra is a spineless ghoul
This is definitely on brand. Businesses get to do anything they want because “economy bad”. While all citizens get told to bend over and take the new environmental regulations up the ass.
If even the EU starts slowing climate measures, it risks sending the message that every target is negotiable. Businesses need predictable rules, not repeated delays. The longer emissions cuts are postponed, the steeper and more expensive they’ll ultimately become.