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Do you just see it as carbon? What of the refinement of lithium ion batteries, the production of solar arrays and the toxic waste that accumulates from the prod
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Do you just see it as carbon? What of the refinement of lithium ion batteries, the production of solar arrays and the toxic waste that accumulates from the production of these devices?
Ideally it would be a thermal budget rather than carbon.
- jeffbee 5y agoSolvents from semiconductor production do not amplify and trap energy from the terrifyingly powerful object in the sky, threatening to destroy the biosphere, so yes it is all about carbon.
- adrianN 5y agoIdeally it would be an accurate reflection of all externalities in the final price, but how about we do not try to prevent tackling one of the externalities with whataboutism on other externalities.
- throwawaysea 5y agoI think it is unfair to call this “whataboutism”. If there isn’t a fair accounting applied to all activities and externalities, then what you’ll see is that those with political power will regulate only activities that aren’t important to them, while what they value personally is allowed unabated. Put another way, unequal application will lead to oppression.
- adrianN 5y agoThe political system is not perfect, it has never been. Climate change is threat to our standard of living, we need to address it quickly. The only tool we have is a flawed political system where people seek power and use it to oppress other people. There is no time to first fix politics and then try to reduce carbon emissions.