Thank you for your kind words ShortBrutishNasty.
Please consider that I walk barefoot a lot and I don't have vacations or sex
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Great to read that you and your princess are cyclists
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I find it very difficult to define the 'richer people' group.
I have thought that being middle class in the U.S.A. (I despise class hierarchy btw) would put you in that group. Not to offend you, just trying to draw a meaningful line. I don't know how to specify the attributes of that line. Monetary possesions and income have to be indexed to be meaningful. Then there's children and pets as an important factor. It would be very good to have a clear group to talk/write about.
There are always richer people or worse offenders to point to and absolve the possible feeling of guilt. I am not saying you are doing that in your case.
Frustratingly, I just don't know how to be specific enough and wake people up to lower their consumption. Addressing people that absolutely don't want to hear it is a very unpopular effort I expect.
In the Netherlands the economy is mainly driven by the consumption habits of what you call the middle class families with children. Their consumption is stimulated and protected by the government, which means no mitigation because GDP might go down or they won't get elected again by these people.
How many externalized costs in a flying ticket? What is the real price?
How many externalized costs in a Kg of fossil fuel? What is the real price of driving cars around?
Now, where's that mother gone?