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As much as I dislike smoking or obesity, those aren't the main causes of climate change. If we eliminated both of those entirely, today, we'd still have a crisi
by junon 5y ago
As much as I dislike smoking or obesity, those aren't the main causes of climate change. If we eliminated both of those entirely, today, we'd still have a crisis.
That being said, I'll absolutely agree with the sentiment that "humans will always be human". We're not going to collectively try to fix this until it's too late. That's the saddest part.
- vmception 5y agoSo you understood the sentiment clearly but missed how those were analogies? Weird audience
- junon 5y agoYes, exactly. It's 3am, I misread the comment. Sorry.
- MattGaiser 5y agoHis point is more that humans can’t easily change, even if they know the solution.
- junon 5y agoYes, hence my second paragraph.
- gorwell 5y agoObesity isn't the main cause, but it is a growing contributor to climate change.
- chillwaves 5y agoNot true. Calories are not created equally in terms of environmental impact.
- void_mint 5y agoIf the food obese people are eating has a large environmental impact, obesity definitely contributes.
- chillwaves 5y agoThat's a pretty big "if" in your statement. I thought HN was better than this.
- void_mint 5y agoFrom my previous HN post: > Message boards are message boards. You can't take them seriously, including this one.
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- Apes 5y agoAre you suggesting the average American got fat off environmentally friendly low-carbon-impact food products? Because I suspect they got fat off Oreos and Coca-Cola.
- pessimizer 5y agoThose have a lower carbon impact than meat.
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- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoThose are vegan products; I'd guess they have relatively low environmental impact aside from their plastic packaging.
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