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I had a Bio professor in college who lectured every day about climate change, yet drove 2 hours to and from work every day, through the mountains. I booked to c
by JBReefer 11y ago
I had a Bio professor in college who lectured every day about climate change, yet drove 2 hours to and from work every day, through the mountains. I booked to class, every day, and he still made me nuts.
I asked him about this hypocrisy, which led to a lower grade in the class. Worth it.
- Retra 11y agoBy how big of a factor do you believe consumer pollution effects outweigh industrial pollution? Also, do you really believe hypocrisy has any kind of standing as a rational argument?
- reddytowns 11y agoTechnically, without a consumer, there would be no industrial pollution.
- Retra 11y agoHow is that relevant? The concern here is industrial pollution in scale relation to consumer pollution. If consumer pollution is is significantly lower than industrial pollution, then it is easier to tolerate. Nobody is hypothesizing the non-existence of consumers.
- reddytowns 11y agoBecause consumers drive industry, so more consumer pollution implies more consumption, which in turn creates more industry and more industrial pollution. It's a system, not a balance sheet.