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Fun is a good thing to spend some of our CO2 emissions budget on. We need fun. A joyless society isn't worth saving.
by stubish 4y ago
Fun is a good thing to spend some of our CO2 emissions budget on. We need fun. A joyless society isn't worth saving.
- culi 4y agosome fun is more expensive than others. That's ~2.24 years of energy usage by the average US household
- t-writescode 4y agoAnd a sendoff to the hard work of tens of thousands or more people. Oh. No.
- bandyaboot 4y agoThat’s a fair sentiment, but in this particular case the portion of society that will be aware that this even happened, much let get joy from it, is a rounding error above none of society.
- klempner 4y agoAnd 17 tons of CO2 is a rounding error above none of society's total emissions -- the US alone is around 5 billion tons per year.
- cute_boi 4y agoI, personally, don't believe this easter egg provides any valuable joy.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoI enjoyed it.
- renewiltord 4y agoExactly. It's why I have a truck, actually. Sure, I could drive an electric Nissan Leaf, but come on. Is that life worth living?
- stubish 4y agoSure, if that is important to you. You are welcome to make sacrifices elsewhere. We will need to make sure you make them though, probably by taxing your petrol through the roof.
- renewiltord 4y agoYou’re welcome to try. Both Boeing and I will win.
- vntok 4y agoWin what?
- renewiltord 4y agoThe tax fight thing. He’s not going to get gas taxes increased. Anyone who tried would be wrecked in elections. No one gives a damn about “the climate” dude. We’ve got fun to have. And the power to keep that fun cheap.
- stubish 4y agoSure. Nothing will change unless enough people want it to change. And you are only able to reason with the reasonable. And maybe petrol taxes are not looked on favorably by the reasonable in your region, so you need a different method of fairly distributing costs. But berating people for wanting fun things is not a great way of getting people to see reason.