They have gone from denial to 'It's too late so don't bother to try stopping us' as a propaganda strategy.
This is just part of that.
This is just part of that.
I recently heard it referred to as "The Slow Breakup" pattern[1] from a Youtuber who has done a great job (though tone is a little much sometimes) of breaking down alt-right propaganda and rhetoric, though these tactics can be used by any political movement.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpUN0q35Lak&list=PLJA_jUddXv...
The easiest way to see it would be to put a tax on the vendor's products, at the source. But they have lobbied specifically against that, as well as other any other approach that might cut into their profits.
Maybe you mean that the consumers' countries should tax the fossil fuel sold to consumers. You're a voter in one of those, I bet, and probably one that taxes fossil fuel at a rate well below 80%.
It's not possible to stop this juggernaut through individuals choosing to opt out of fossil fuels.
I don't consider myself powerless. I can do some things, can't do others. Most significantly, I vote. That ~80% tax was established, and not just that. For example, you may have seen this charger (blue and white on the left)?
https://www.wartsila.com/images/default-source/products/e-pm...
That tiny little charger charges the batteries on the ferry. It and the ferry had to be developed. I voted for that and it exists.