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and 10x that because you caused global warming

• dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
  I believe this exactly is the thin line that delineates people who make the world a better place and those who don't really care and their aim is to just live a nice life. If anybody is wondering where all this global warming and pollution came from, it's just from that: you calculate the net result, you know what using that electricity means, but you choose to ignore that. Maybe you even rationalize that you contribution is too small to mean anything. When millions have that attitude, the whole Earth suffers.
  • candiodari 9y ago
    It's not so simple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons For your argument to make sense, a single farmer's decision would need to have the ability to change the outcome, and it doesn't. Otherwise not doing this makes about as much sense as cleaning a cup of coffee to save and orphan from a shark.
    • Retric 9y ago
      People don't suddenly use enough more coal because you use less to make your choice meaningless. Further scale provides efficiency. If only 1/10 as many people use gas powered cars then gas stations become harder to find pushing more people to electric cars. Similarly as more people go off grid staying on grid becomes more expensive pushing ever more solar adoption.
      • candiodari 9y ago
        Yes they do. The Price mechanism makes sure the entire supply is used.