German youth reject radical adjustments in habits to be able to battle the local weather disaster – is that true?
Reposted from the NoTricksZone
By P Gosselin on March 12, 2021
Young people in Germany may be frustrated with bans and restrictions and may show signs of rebellion, as a comprehensive generational survey by the European Investment Bank shows that “the issue of climate protection does not seem to be a high priority among young people”.
Youth movement a myth …
Decreasing climate crisis: Germany’s younger generation may reject austerity measures and turn their backs on climate activists, as large surveys have shown. Cropped image here.
The journalists Daniel Wetzel and Karsten Seibel from the German online flagship daily newspaper Die Welt report on today’s German youth and how they do not see the climate problem at all like on Fridays for future activists Greta Thunberg (Sweden) and Luisa Neubauer.
The media and activists like to create the impression that the younger generation of Germans today is very concerned about the climate and that the older generation is indifferent about it.
Indeed, the older generation is seen by some as so irresponsible that “the comment columns of daily newspapers like the TAZ now call for the ‘old people’ to be deprived of the right to vote and for the children to vote instead. Wetzel and Seibel write.
Others have even suggested killing the old generation with Corona if they don’t clean up their climate protection.
German young people who are not prepared to forego convenience
However, the results of the major climate survey by the European Investment Bank (EIB) do not indicate such a generation gap. For example, when it comes to products with the highest greenhouse gas emissions, such as For example, short-haul domestic flights, 47 percent of those over 65 could imagine an emission ban for such products, but only 27 percent of 15 to 29 year olds could.
Obviously, today’s German youth are not influenced by Greta Thunberg’s doomsday prophecies.
Climate protection low priority
Wetzel and Seibel state that “the aspect of climate protection does not seem to have the high priority among young people that the television images of the demonstration of“ Fridays for the Future ”children suggest”.
Only 26% say we should use less fossil fuels!
Shocking: “Only 26 percent of young people believe that we should use less fossil fuel, especially for reasons of climate protection,” reveal the two journalists from Die Welt. “Young people up to the age of 29 do not want to drive so fast on the autobahn either: Only 12 percent would agree to a speed limit – in the age group of over 65s it is 26 percent.”
Another remarkable result: “Only 20 percent of Germans under 30 are in favor of subsidizing electric cars” and puny: “22 percent in this age group would give priority to technology in climate protection.”
This equates to about 35% in China and the US.
Only 15% prepared to “radically change behavior”
In addition, only 15 percent of German youth were ready to radically change their personal behavior in order to adapt it to the Paris climate goals, ”write Wetzel and Seibert. However, 42% agree that behavior change is necessary.
In the autumn of 2020, 30,000 people in 30 countries were surveyed by the European Investment Bank.
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