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Mass suicides or nuking half the world's population would probably slow climate change too, but for some reason none of those is considered a reasonable solutio
by literallycancer 7y ago
Mass suicides or nuking half the world's population would probably slow climate change too, but for some reason none of those is considered a reasonable solution.
- ses1984 7y agoYou really compared reducing production and consumption to mass suicide or nuclear war, ok.
- bathtub365 7y agoMass death is not equivalent to the idea of producing fewer products and reusing existing ones. Many approaches can be used at once and reuse is a legitimate one.
- xiphias2 7y agoActually from all technologies energy production has been the best predictor of number of people living on Earth, so I believe many people would die if those cars weren't distributed to save energy.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoMost cars in the world can be replaced with public transport, which is 3 - 20 times more efficient, depending on mode of use.
- xiphias2 7y agoThe problem with that is that it's extremely political, it can't be done by a private company. For example when I was living in Switzerland I used public transport because I was lazy to use a car, as it's so much more hassle. I went to Mountain View, California to a business trip, and wanted to do the same thing (as I was used to public transport), and I couldn't even find a way to go to a supermarket, as the closest one to my corp apartment was 40 minutes walk away :( I decided to rent a car because the closest car rental was closer than a place to eat at...as a European it sounds crazy, but it's true.
- imtringued 7y agoThe goal of climate change mitigation is harm reduction. Your solution needlessly increases harm.