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seriously (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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next time I hear "there is just too many (brown) people" i swear

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[–] 34 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I honestly have to wonder at what point people will collectively say "why the hell are we letting them do this" ? Not sure what happens after that, but it seems like it must have to happen at some point, right? Right?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Because the average American and European feels their convenient lifestyle is more important than the life of the planet. They'll talk the talk about the environment, but they won't walk the wall with their votes or actions.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    I was recently at a kind of convention on the topic of "how to build a sustainable society". There were two ~40 yr old ladies in the row in front of me.

    One got out this super shiny copper flask. The lady next to her was like "oh that looks nice!" and they start talking about it. The lady that got it out said something about copper, its health impacts blabla and how she got it last week from Amazon.

    And I'm just sitting there, holding it together, almost laughing out of frustration, about this whole situation.

    Like, maybe she did actually need a bottle to hydrate herself outside, but...

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Please do not put Europeans in the same pot with US Americans. These days are altogether over but for the topic of fighting climate change things were different for quite a while.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    You are. Don't pretend you aren't, on climate issues. You're doing more than the usa, yes, but no where even close to enough.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    If so then we are all in the same pot. Who is doing enough or more than that?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-renewable-energy-by-country-in-2022/

    I would say anyone who is above 70% renewables is potentially on track. But you need to take heating and cars into consideration for usage, as well as the carbon impacts of imports and various industries... So really,

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita

    Including this information, maybe some random small African nations.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    The problem its not just some rich guys they are just the hitmen. Its PetroStates that are behind them. Its not about money at this point its about power and a house of cards those states put in place completely propped up by oil. As in if they stop oil their Nation collapses and they dragged from into the streets and eliminated.

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