Reply #15: I find it appropriate to say different things to different people. [View All]

In the case of the post to which you are currently objecting, I was attempting to convince a previous poster that "there's nothing we can do" is a defeatest attitude that will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In your case, I would begin by remarking that the reform of US energy usage is a problem with a large political component: people's views are shaped by their behavior, and these views are protected in part by their psychological needs to feel justified in their behavior. Political problems require, in part, political approaches. Name-calling, which seems to be one of your favorite rhetorical tactics, is often politically counter-productive, and in my experience seldom changes minds.