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>> Every little bit counts Unfortunately, like "better safe than sorry", this just isn't true beyond feel-good virtue signalling. When you're dealing with natu
by skeeter2020 6y ago
>> Every little bit counts
Unfortunately, like "better safe than sorry", this just isn't true beyond feel-good virtue signalling. When you're dealing with nature and the environment it all comes down to assimilative capacity; under it and we're fine, over and we're screwed. No matter how many Denmarks make dramatic changes it means nothing without movement by the biggest emitters like China and the US.
- pretty_bubbles 6y agoWe don't exactly know where the catastrophic threshold for climate change is. So it's entirely possible that this little move might make the difference between 2C warming, 4C warming.
- croon 6y agoVirtue signaling and local PoC:s might be specifically what gets larger countries on board though, albeit from secondary effects.
- dtech 6y agoUS points to China for why they shouldn't do anything. China doesn't care or points to historical overall emission where they are behind US/the west due to them starting earlier. If everyone only points to each other and a "bigger real problem" you can hand wave everything away.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoNotably, China committed to going Carbon Neutral by 2060. https://www.vox.com/21455941/china-climate-change-carbon-neutrality-net-zero-solar-electric-vehicles https://www.vox.com/21455941/china-climate-change-carbon-neu... Meanwhile in the US...
- coryrc 6y agoLike all the countries which signed the Paris Accords? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/10/11/few-countries-are-meeting-paris-climate-goals-here-are-ones-that-are/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/10/11/few-countrie... Oh, only two insignificant countries are meeting their treaty obligations.
- reacharavindh 6y agoI am not denying the overall urgency of the problem or the need to work together in a global scale to save the world. But, such massive efforts don't start themselves or gain momentum so easily. It all has to start somewhere and get people to think about it and rally for the bigger cause. This one act alone or Denmark alone might not make a dent in the current need, but it sure can trigger a lot of tiny little efforts that lead up to something big that will eventually make that dent. Heck, the US might see what it did to Denmark and start its own version to compete and make "green" money. Being dismissive of good faith effort doesn't take us anywhere.
- standardUser 6y agoLike it or not, this method of communication only serves to work against the very issue you purport to be concerned about.
- obmelvin 6y agoMessaging like yours is why some people (i.e. my grandparents, a certain ex-roommate) think "why should I make any change in my life?" How do you propose magically fixing everything at once without making any steps along the way?