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Because a small group of people refuses to fly commercial, more CO2 emissions are produced than the entire country of Uganda. You dont think they need to take
by pydry 3y ago
Because a small group of people refuses to fly commercial, more CO2 emissions are produced than the entire country of Uganda.
You dont think they need to take personal responsibility for their actions? That we dont need to hold them accountable?
- tasuki 3y ago> Because a small group of people refuses to fly commercial, more CO2 emissions are produced than the entire country of Uganda. Commercial flight is not great for CO2 emissions either. Because a small group of people flies instead of walking or bicycling, a lot of CO2 emissions are produced. I bet the sum total CO2 of commercial flight is way higher the sum total of CO2 from private flights. Neither is necessary.
- oblio 3y agoI can't bike across the Atlantic. I can't bike to see my family 2500km away.
- david-gpu 3y ago> Because a small group of people flies instead of walking or bicycling I tried walking across the Atlantic once but didn't get very far. Yesterday I also couldn't find any commercial flights to the grocery store either, so I had to bike there. > I bet the sum total CO2 of commercial flight is way higher the sum total of CO2 from private flights. Neither is necessary. The notion that flying is "unnecessary" ignores those of us who immigrated across an ocean. Unless I never want to see my aging family again I will have to fly every now and then.
- MrYellowP 3y ago> Because a small group of people flies instead of walking or bicycling I would love to know why/how you believed that line makes any sense.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoBecause setting a minimum quality of life as being able to fly anywhere around the world is environmentally untenable for 8B people. So if it cannot be accessible to all 8B people, then it brings up the question for how to determine who deserves it and who does not. Which then leads to who deserves first class rather than coach, which then leads to who deserves a private jet versus a plane. Or even who deserves a personal car rather than using the bus or having to carpool.
- jl6 3y agoSure, tax the 0.1% in proportion to the damage they are doing, but don’t use that as an excuse for the rest of us to sit back and think we’ve made much of a difference to the overall problem.
- tasuki 3y agoThis is the comment I wanted to make :)
- jabradoodle 3y agoPolluter pays would be a pretty significant improvement.
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- tinco 3y agoClimate change is not some game where the goal is to enact petty revenge on people who are trying to lose the game. It's not about accountability, it's about stopping climate change so our current biomes don't degrade. Directing your anger and energy at some small group of people that have an insignificant impact as small as the country of Uganda is simply not worth it or even relevant. While you're whining about rich people, wealthy people in general are destroying the fucking planet. It's them who should be held responsible. It's them who complain when gas prices get high, it's them who vote against participating in the Paris accord. It's them who vote against stopping trade with China. It's them who should have been educated, who should have taken it seriously.
- t0bia_s 3y agoSo making people poor is solituion for global warming?