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I don't get it. What proportion of the ICE emissions is caused by people who appreciate ICEs recreationally? Surely — like any other optimisation process — you
by yakshaving_jgt 5y ago
I don't get it. What proportion of the ICE emissions is caused by people who appreciate ICEs recreationally? Surely — like any other optimisation process — you would start with the greatest offenders, i.e., passenger aircraft, road freight, and the cars driven by people who don't actually want to drive cars in the first place.
- revscat 5y agoThe system needed to support their narcissism — refineries, drilling operations, finance, war, and the emissions caused by them all — are the more significant problem.
- kergonath 5y agoThe industry and infrastructure supporting this, from drilling, extracting, transporting, refining, and distributing products from oil needs to disappear. Once it is done, some people will keep them around, sure, and that’s not necessarily a problem. But it will be impractical to do for most people, like for the working- and middle-class people who enjoy driving and good engineering.