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Originally Posted by Neal Asher  This is on the basis that fear of planetary destruction is a better motivator than the fear of no petrol in the pumps in twenty years time. |
There's a flaw in that - most people can't relate to planetary destruction. Even if they believe it, they don't believe that they can do anything practical about it so it just makes them depressed and apathetic. But they can sure as heck relate to not having any petrol for their cars, although 20 years may be too long a time period.