It’s part human nature, part prevailing individualistic culture in most of the world. People value material goods, services, experiences, and conveniences more than societal well being or collective good, despite all the transparent virtue signaling. You can see much of that hypocrisy in this echo chamber of empty whining and doomerism coming from the most consumptive, highest carbon footprint populations in the world.

The standard of life in modern developed nations is too high for most people to fathom sacrificing these luxuries. The average person is not willing to give up traveling, SUVs, meat and dairy, phone upgrades, 2 day shipping etc.

Nor is the infrastructure in place for many of those sacrifices. Ever try to get basic groceries without single use plastic? Try relying on public transit in any US metro area? Getting an appliance repaired without paying more than for a new one?

We will see if things actually change. Judging by this thread most people don’t care by proxy of self pity and learned helplessness.