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Henrique César's avatar

As a somewhat young person (23), I've got to partially disagree with you. What I see amongst those similar to my age and a few years younger in my country is an overwhelming amount of naivety. Most of them seriously believe that buying an EV instead of an ICE vehicle and sprinkling solar panels and wind turbines around the country will not only allow us to defeat the climate crisis but also maintain their lifestyles of next day deliveries and unsustainable consumption patterns. They know things will get bad, but trust that there are many Tony Starks in real life working hard to develop miracle technologies that will allow them to maintain their lifestyles.

There are some who understand our predicament (all with whom I've made sure to be friends with), but they are few and far in-between.

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Gogo Khayela's avatar

In my context, South Africa, it’s quite different as we are presently faced with energy and economic crises along with the highest inequality in the world.

So our imagined solutions and understanding of what’s needed is different. What you detail in your response is a pipe dream to young people in South Africa.

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