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> A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in this country. This implies a cer
by throwaway22032 3y ago
> A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in this country.
This implies a certain political belief system that most people I know don't hold, namely that everyone should use about the same amount of resources.
In reality even within a country there are enormous differences between rich and poor. It would be very strange to me if someone were to draw a circle around a wealthy neighbourhood and claim that their personal overshoot day is Jan 31 or something.
- ricardo81 3y agoTBF change is partly driven by legislature, which doesn't really apply at neighbourhood levels.
- abeppu 3y agoMaybe everyone shouldn't use exactly the same amount of resources (e.g. living in some places "naturally" requires more energy for heating/cooling than others), but so long as the externalities associated with consumption are not accounted for (and equitably used to compensate those harmed by consumption), I think there's a reasonable case to be made e.g. the rich American neighborhood with large air-conditioned houses and private pools, whose residents do several long-haul flights per year and buy a lot of consumer goods with high intrinsic carbon, etc etc, is meaningfully contributing to the harm of people who die in a heat wave, or larger storm or flood than would otherwise occur, or whose homes are lost to rising water, etc. If you're flying on a private jet or something, why _shouldn't_ you be singled out?