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German 'Environmental Expert'/Activist Suggests Humans Need Draconian 'Behavior Change'
2020-02-07
[NoTricksZone] Today I found an interview with an "environmental expert" by the German alarmist site Klimareporter here. It conveys to us the real aims of the radical climate movement. In a nutshell: To change, limit and dominantly control human behavior.

In the Kilmareporter interview, Prof. Rainer Griesshammer says that changing light bulbs, riding your bicycle and eating organic aren’t going to cut it when it comes to rescuing the climate.

In the interview, Klimareporter brings up Mr. Griesshammer’s recent book in which he calls for "changing politics and life" in order to combat climate change.

Politics, Griesshammer says, will "not be enough on its own" and that "changes in several areas of society ‐ in the value system, consumer behavior, the legal framework and the market, as well as in infrastructure and technology development" are required.

Citizens still in self-deception

In the interview Grießhammer says that citizens are in a state of "self deception" because "most people already think they are environmentalists because they separate the garbage, screw in a few energy-saving lamps or LEDs and occasionally shop at the organic food store". But this is woefully insufficient. Most people fail when it comes to protecting the climate in terms of "mobility, electricity consumption, nutrition," says Griesshammer.

Radical behavior change

What is needed, he says, is radical change in "behavior and shopping". According to Griesshammer: "In the mainstream, there will only be significant changes if laws, CO2 pricing, product development, infrastructures and behavior all move in the same direction."

According to Griesshammer, offsets are not going to work because people will continue to emit CO2. He says: "CO2 savings can only be achieved through measures in the home country ‐ such as phasing out coal, renovating buildings, speed limits."

Germany moving far too slowly

Griesshammer thinks the CO2 reduction target set by the federal government is "far too weak" and sees little hope that Germany will come anywhere near the stated targets because the just-decided coal phase-out "is falling further behind" and at the same time, onshore wind energy is being "stifled by the German government."

Moreover, petrol and diesel becoming around 7.5 cents per litre more expensive next year means "motorists are unlikely to react to this".

Policymakers must react "much faster"..."much more sharply"

Griesshammer is also in favor of stricter speed limits on the country’s roads and streets, saying the measure would not only save on emissions, but also lives.

When it comes to global warming, Griesshammer says policymaking has waited far too long: "Now we have to react much faster and much more sharply. There is a threat of incalculable tipping points with irreversible acceleration of the climate catastrophe..."
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  "You vill do it my vay, alles gut."
Posted by: KBK   2020-02-07 16:34  

#14  Commies always want to “fix” people. It’s why they inevitably rack up a huge body count.
Posted by: Thaise Guelph8492   2020-02-07 14:27  

#13  
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-02-07 13:08  

#12  Agreed, #10 Lex. :-D

As for Herr Doktor Professor @sshole: FOAD.

Posted by: Barbara   2020-02-07 13:00  

#11  [sings] Ich mochte be ... yo' Grease-Hammah... You can ca-a--ll mah-ah name....
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-07 11:33  

#10  ^ Charger for Snark O' The Day!
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-07 11:29  

#9  When all you have is a Griesshammer, everything looks like a fail.
Posted by: charger   2020-02-07 11:14  

#8  I wouldn't mind hearing "Mutter, es tut weh, es tut weh, lass es aufhören" from him.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-07 08:52  

#7  Unless this dude's living in a cave surrounded by candles, I don't want to hear jack squat about what the rest of us are supposed to do.
Posted by: Raj   2020-02-07 08:25  

#6  You're apt to see some "draconian behavior change, Herr Doktor.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-02-07 08:21  

#5  Better Griesshammer is honest about his goals than voting for slickmeister politicians that will ram it through the (your) back door.
Posted by: Clyde Whesing6325   2020-02-07 07:59  

#4  Maybe frei trips to some camps in Poland for Germans?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-02-07 05:34  

#3  ^ = a rotten sauerkraut
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-07 01:51  

#2  Green on the outside, brown (not red) on the inside?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-07 01:49  

#1  "Grießhammer"?

...pronounced, grease-hammer??

Can you say that name in polite company?
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-07 01:31  

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