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[–] 38 points 1 year ago* (23 children)

Imagine finding that people your own age ignored it too, like they're doing right now.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

    I am almost 70. I am very anecdotal, I understand.

    In the 80’s after the fake energy scare (gas shortage one) that was all over the news saying we will have an ice age and other lies by the government I no longer listened or believed a word they said.

    I tried to tell friends, family and anyone else I could (I was all pumped up after watching Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and his dire message) that we have to take better care of the planet etc. I was laughed at, told to shut the fuck up you stupid hippie and other such stuff. I gave up trying. Did my own thing to help a bit. Never bought new anything like cars, clothes, tech etc. Still the same to this day.

    I see the same thing now by the majority of young folks and most others just like back in the day.

    Hopefully at some point there will be a major shift in people’s thinking about our planet …

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I actually am 70 and remember the "oil crisis". It would be great if there were a major shift in people's thinking, but the vast majority of people don't seem to do squat until they really have to. I think that force has driven a lot of history.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I read a stat like 70% of all carbon emissions come from like 10 sources, and our individual efforts is basically like pissing in the sea, its not going do much.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is like the "both sides" argument in politics.

    It resonates with people and encourages apathy supporting the status quo.

    Its true that the actions of an individual aren't very impactful. Its also true that large corporations are responsible for the vast majority of the problem.

    However, if no one bought products from those companies, or owned their shares, then they would exist.

    While "no one" is not possible, what if everyone just used 5% less, or 5% of people switched to an "ethical" 401k / pension funds that didn't invest in these companies.

    We dont need a few people doing climate mitigation perfectly, we need everyone doing climate mitigation imperfectly.

    It sounds like such a small change, yet we're unable to achieve it.

    For example, here in Australia our conservative party is presently trying to discard our pathetic carbon emissions targets saying they're unachievable.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Consumer use of private vehicles and air conditioning / heating absolutely have a non-negligible impact.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

    Imagine seeing this and not immediately going full Avalanche blowing up reactors n shit...

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  • [+] -16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Like the ffvii reference, don't like your hippie lib attitude. Downvote

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Yeah nuclear isnt the immediate or root problem here.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Note that the "reactors" are, in-game, energy plants that convert literal life force into electricity.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Wow, I couldn't get through that... Feel like it's a sign of some mental issues to produce that much word diarrhea in a Quora answer...

    But yeah, "the bombings in the game and their collateral damage including death of civilians are good, but you know what is truly evil? Some people that mostly just hold up protest signs and stand around protesting Trump."

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I really don't see how slaying the planet in a magical way is so different than slaughtering the planet in a greedy astroturfing way? After giving mass ff7 lore he just convulse into rants about how bad antifa is and nobody even asked. The megacorps and their lobbyists ARE killing our planet and using faschism and world order war.. the fucking boreal is our Mako. If they burn, similarly no new soul will be born.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    He also wraps it up with a bit of climate denial, so he thinks the real problem is imaginary.

    Extra mental gymnastics as he interpreted reports of significantly improved pollution when we shut down everything as proof, somehow, that humanity didn't really make that much of a difference... So either a difference is observed and that means it's the rest of the way reversible so it can't be that big of a deal or no difference would've been seen and he would have concluded humanity must not make a difference because no difference was seen..

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    My employer, employing 90 people, a lot of which are in their 20s and 30s, has decided to organise the yearly seminar event in a place where most of the company needs to board a plane to go. I immediately said I wouldn't go if I needed to take a plane, I was not the only one to say it. The company offered to reimburse any alternative journey (train+boat) which is a bit more expensive, but way way longer (14h transport vs 3h on plane, not taking into account the time in between train and ferry: I'll be traveling for more than 24h in total between start and end, and same for the return journey). I said I'd do it, the others that spoke out: not so much, they are either not coming or taking the plane... In the end I think I will be the only one, we'll see.

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