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Too bad EU population is a drop in a sea and it’s already in some parts quite environmentally conscious (if not to say “friendly”).
by beyondcompute 6y ago
Too bad EU population is a drop in a sea and it’s already in some parts quite environmentally conscious (if not to say “friendly”).
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoThe EU is (almost) half a billion people who are some of the richest and most polluting in the world. It's a big deal.
- beyondcompute 6y agoI got bullied out of conversation by angry mob (downvoted). But I think, I’ll still provide a clarification. (Fun fact: people in angry mobs are always righteous.) I was not saying that change is not needed. I am just saying that (total) electricity consumption, say of EU is half of that of US and 1/3 of China. 25% more than India. My electricity consumption is about the same level as of a person in Jamaica or Syria (some years it was less but gone up a bit now). And only 24% percent of my electricity nowadays is fossil (still bad). My newest laptop is from 2015. Many of the people around me are vegetarians or vegans, some people have pretty much given up traveling by plane (* scream emoji *), many use bikes to move around the city. > Richest. Shmitchest. I happen to think that some of the folks around me are doing pretty good job. Yes, it seems that it may be too late. :( Yes, more needs to be done (likely it will take decades unfortunately)! But “rich” (as you call them) have better opportunities to switch to electric vehicles, adopt energy-saving technologies earlier, and so on.