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At 222M USD to drive to work in the morning, I'd certainly find other modes of transportation.
by aaron-santos 7y ago
At 222M USD to drive to work in the morning, I'd certainly find other modes of transportation.
- jandrese 7y agoAt that rate you would exhale around $38,500 worth of carbon every day.
- themagician 7y agoMath aside, this highlights that the core problem is people. Too many people. The solution to a lot of the “worlds problems” is less people. A Thanos-style snap would be great for humanity if it was possible.
- WorldMaker 7y agoNot at all. The vast majority of greenhouse gas production has been in industrial processes. While sure, all of that is largely in service to people, it isn't people (and people would be just as happy with similar processes that had fewer externality problems like greenhouse gases; the underlying problem there is Capitalism doesn't take such externalities into account in choosing between alternatives). The early Malthusian models were wrong and this sort of eugenics talk is counter-productive, if not sick/dangerous.