Abolition of slavery holds key to the psychology of climate change and peak oil

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Abolition of slavery holds key to the psychology of climate change and peak oil

What do you say to somebody who doesn't believe you can make people change their habits? Who argues that nobody will ever give up the carbon-rich luxuries to which they have become accustomed - such as cheap flights, big cars, overlit and too-warm houses? And contends that any steps we take towards sustainability (giving up the flights, driving less, turning down lighting and thermostats) are useless in the face of Chinese and Indian economic expansion?

There are historical precedents for the kind of selflessness required, and they deserve scrutiny because they could teach us a great deal about the psychology of change.

Slaveshipbrookes One that comes to mind is the movement towards the abolition of the slave trade in Britain (and elsewhere). In just 20 years, campaigners who initially represented a minuscule minority persuaded their compatriots to give up an incredibly useful resource - free labour - merely because it was The Right Thing To Do. (This picture, showing detailed plans and cross sectional drawing of the slave ship Brookes, was distributed by the Abolitionist Society.)

You can readily imagine how their first efforts were rebuffed. "You'll never persuade people to give up the luxuries to which they've become accustomed," cynics must have argued. "And why should we give up slaves if the Americans continue to keep them?"

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