Oh my comment isn't about telling people to have less avocado toast. It's:
People can't afford lasting investments that leave them better off, so they are forced to pay even more for short term investments that cripple them further. And this metaphor I want to extend to our government (such as nuclear energy) and social programs who, for example in the NHS, still use Windows 95 to save money up upgrading, which comes at the long term cost of, well, a shitty NHS and countless lives lost and sick for far longer than they need to be.
Sometimes, we will have to bite the bullet and spend more than we're comfortable with
Oh I see I take your point about lack of long term objectives. I'm not a fan of nuclear given that I don't trust future governments to manage its toxic legacy. I mean if Rome had had nuclear power I dread to think the state its Empire would have been in a few decades after it collapsed!