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Anything to avoid actually dealing with fossil fuels. Keep the money flowing until every drop of oil is pumped and every ton of coal is burned.
by amanaplanacanal 4y ago
Anything to avoid actually dealing with fossil fuels. Keep the money flowing until every drop of oil is pumped and every ton of coal is burned.
- tirpen 4y agoIt's possible to do both.
- bendbro 4y agoNo because I will prevent you.
- blueflow 4y agoThis, so much. All efforts are futile if we continue to dig out extra carbon (oil, coal, limestone) and insert it into the carbon cycle, making the whole climate situation worse every day.
- rtev 4y agoIf you want something immediately actionable you can do, cow farming is a major contributor of global methane (as well as deforestation). Cutting out beef shows a personal commitment to sustainability.
- dotcoma 4y agoOn a personal level, eat less meat. Let’s say half of what you are used to. On a systemic level, you need products like Mootral that help cut the methane emitted by cows.
- linsomniac 4y agoA couple years ago my son and I watched the Mark Rober video "Feeding a fake burger to Bill Gates to save the world" [1], and one of the takeaways from that is "you don't have to go full vegetarian, you can take a step by doing Meatless Mondays". I don't recall if his video talked about Methane, I do recall it talking about the staggering amount of water that is involved in making meat, and I live in a high plains desert, so water is something on my mind. It's been fun taking small steps. [1] https://youtu.be/-k-V3ESHcfA https://youtu.be/-k-V3ESHcfA
- 8note 4y agoThat water use tends to include the full rainfall over grazing areas. The rain will continue to fall there without the cows