Something needs to be done about the greedy oil industry lobbyists who have far too much influence over… well… everything.

For example my spouse and I wanted to replace our oil heater with an electric heat pump + solar panels for our small house. The problem is the electric heat pump/installation is prohibitively expensive. It’s far cheaper and more convenient to get a new oil or gas furnace.

We hope to save and get one anyway, but it won’t happen for a long time even if we have zero emergencies.

The oil companies are lobbying against subsidies/incentives for new tech like this because it cuts into their profits. It’s frustrating that the average person can’t make meaningful change because we can’t afford to. All thanks to the market being controlled by the oil companies.

Sorry for the rant. This is just one little piece of the big picture that I’ve personally run into and it royally pisses me off. Like you said new tech is vital to future harm reduction, but accessibility to currently available green tech is important too and the financial barriers to it is something we should focus on as well.