Normalcy Bias: What Dirty USPS Trucks Can Teach Us About The Climate Emergency
In other words, USPS contracted to purchase new trucks that aren’t much better than the old ones. Absent some sort of hybrid technology, internal combustion engines tend to perform very poorly when doing low-speed stop-and-go driving, so the new trucks will get pretty similar mileage to the old ones, and probably have similar emissions.. The iconic Grumman LLV was largely based on 1980s Chevrolet S-10 pickups, but with a different body that serves the needs of the Postal Service.
Today’s fleet of postal trucks now lives with one foot in the junkyard and one on the road. Breakdowns are common, but that’s only a minor inconvenience as you can send another truck and tow the other one to the shop. The real problem is that the old LLVs have developed a nasty habit of catching fire. Old wiring, rubber hoses, and gaskets just aren’t holding up despite USPS’ best efforts at maintaining them.
Fortunately, the academic literature is full of answers if we know where to look. To look in the right place, we need to first admit that climate change is an emergency. It’s a slow-moving disaster. Researchers have been studying the effects of disaster on individuals, communities, and society as a whole for decades, and there’s a lot of information available from these studies.
The problem? Normalcy bias. When you face disaster, normalcy bias tells you that disasters happen to other people, or that this isn’t a disaster. It’s a form of denial that leads people to “mill about” instead of evacuating a dangerous area, or spend time collecting things from desks before leaving. When seconds count, normalcy bias can lead you to spend minutes you don’t have delaying your personal response.
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