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Before we begin this thread, I would like to say that I have no horse in this race. I am getting tired of being accused of things that I do not hold merely for posting studies that I think the board may find interesting to discuss. Having said that, let me proceed:
This research demonstrates how promoting the environment can negatively affect adoption of energy efficiency in the United States because of the political polarization surrounding environmental issues. Study 1 demonstrated that more politically conservative individuals were less in favor of investment in energy-efficient technology than were those who were more politically liberal. This finding was driven primarily by the lessened psychological value that more conservative individuals placed on reducing carbon emissions. Study 2 showed that this difference has consequences: In a real-choice context, more conservative individuals were less likely to purchase a more expensive energy-efficient light bulb when it was labeled with an environmental message than when it was unlabeled. These results highlight the importance of taking into account psychological value-based considerations in the individual adoption of energy-efficient technology in the United States and beyond.
Before we begin this thread, I would like to say that I have no horse in this race. I am getting tired of being accused of things that I do not hold merely for posting studies that I think the board may find interesting to discuss. Having said that, let me proceed:
This research demonstrates how promoting the environment can negatively affect adoption of energy efficiency in the United States because of the political polarization surrounding environmental issues. Study 1 demonstrated that more politically conservative individuals were less in favor of investment in energy-efficient technology than were those who were more politically liberal. This finding was driven primarily by the lessened psychological value that more conservative individuals placed on reducing carbon emissions. Study 2 showed that this difference has consequences: In a real-choice context, more conservative individuals were less likely to purchase a more expensive energy-efficient light bulb when it was labeled with an environmental message than when it was unlabeled. These results highlight the importance of taking into account psychological value-based considerations in the individual adoption of energy-efficient technology in the United States and beyond.
Ever heard of a CFC light bulb? they are full of mercury. Liberals got law passed that made them the only bulb you can buy. now they are filling landfills and seeping mercury into the water.
Thank you liberals.
and to think the irony is, they did it in the name of the environment. ugh.
Ever heard of a CFC light bulb? they are full of mercury. Liberals got law passed that made them the only bulb you can buy. now they are filling landfills and seeping mercury into the water.
Thank you liberals.
and to think the irony is, they did it in the name of the environment. ugh.
Indeed, I agree that some strands of liberal environmentalism are actually negatively impacting society and possibly the environment. How much of this is a liberal condition, rather than a human one. Someone produces a new "environmentally safe" product--only in name for sake of marketing of course!--and people lap it up merely because it coincides with their personal philosophy. That certainly isn't restricted to liberals, as this study promptly shows. Perhaps this is one of the pit falls of a populace led movement such as it is with environmentalism.
Liberals also tend to make government force people to turn over tax money to companies producing electric or hybrid cars, which produce far more pollutants than ordinary high-mileage gasoline cars when their batteries are used, replaced, and recycled.
The dangerous materials and chemicals in the batteries, when produced at production-line volumes, cause far more harm to the environment than either the materials that go into an ordinary gas engine or the exahust from the fuel the gasoline car burns.
The answer is that some people on the right take care of the planet and some don't. The same is true for the left. These "Do conservatives........" and "Do Liberals.........." threads are inane.
Instances of pollution committed or forced by leftists abound. They mandate the use of ethanol in fuels on the theory that it will reduce gasoline consumption - ignoring the fact that it takes more gasoline to grow, distill, condition, transport, and regulate the ethanol, than the gasoline replaced by that ethanol.
Plus the fact that gasoline mixed with ethanol produces less energy per gallon then pure gasoline, making people step harder on the accelerator to get the same performance out of their cars and LOWERING their fuel mileage as a result.
Overall, liberals pollute the planet far worse than conservatives... since you asked that silly question.
Liberals also tend to make government force people to turn over tax money to companies producing electric or hybrid cars, which produce far more pollutants than ordinary high-mileage gasoline cars when their batteries are used, replaced, and recycled.
The dangerous materials and chemicals in the batteries, when produced at production-line volumes, cause far more harm to the environment than either the materials that go into an ordinary gas engine or the exahust from the fuel the gasoline car burns.
Would you say it is more of an economic ploy than a true concern for the environment?
P.S. I didn't ask the question; the study asked the question!
Do conservatives willfully pollute and destroy the planet?
No.
They support the corporate entities that pollute.
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Do conservatives willfully pollute and destroy the planet?
