Empathy isn’t universal.

I care less about poor people in poor countries in far away lands, and far away times, than I do my fellow citizens in my relatively wealthy country.

And my fellow citizens, especially the low income folk, are affected everyday by high energy costs. High energy costs result in higher costs of everything.

Whereas the effects of climate change, to the extent that they’re distinguishable from extreme weather events at all, are largely tolerated by even the poorest here in Australia.

High energy costs makes extreme weather events less tolerable.