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Understanding the fact that "pollution causes global warming" itself is an uphill task for humanity (For various reasons and vested interests). Moving that con
by kumarvvr 5y ago
Understanding the fact that "pollution causes global warming" itself is an uphill task for humanity (For various reasons and vested interests).
Moving that conversation to "energy balance" will doom the planet.
- rbanffy 5y agoIn fact, it’s an easier concept to grasp. That it also doesn’t put a finger in the oil industry also makes it more palatable to the politicians they keep.
- AstralStorm 5y agoNot all pollution even is warming. If you dump tons of microplastics into water, nothing will warm up (compared to burning them) but it would be a different catastrophe. Heck, creating certain kinds of waste would even prevent global warming, e.g. nuclear - and would do nothing to energy balance.