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Speaking as an American, for God's sake don't lump me in with Florida! Also, stop pointing out Florida's problems, it only encourages them to double down like a
by Steltek 3y ago
Speaking as an American, for God's sake don't lump me in with Florida! Also, stop pointing out Florida's problems, it only encourages them to double down like an angry teenager (not actual advice, shame the idiots).
Honestly trying to paint all Americans based on any one state is incredibly myopic. Practically every one of his anecdotes doesn't hold true in my home town: either there are policies encouraging/outlawing those things (e.g. plastic bags) or it's a cultural no-no.
- MajimasEyepatch 3y agoAlso, much of the article is about waste in the hotel, which certainly seemed egregious but hotels are horrifyingly bad about that stuff in general. While we certainly use a lot of plastic (too much) in the US, I would not extrapolate from hotel waste to the rest of the country.
- louwrentius 3y agoThe average American uses 3 times more energy than the average European so we just lump you right in. :-)
- JackFr 3y agoNot true. US uses ~2 x as much as the average European per capita (but less than Canadians.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_co... https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/energy-consumption-per-capita/country-comparison/ https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/energy-consumpt...
- tetris11 3y agoWish there were median statistics there, not to lump your common man with your super consumers.
- hermitcrab 3y agoWhy is Canada worse than the US? Is it heating in the cold winters or the fossil fuel mining?
- kersplody 3y agoIt's only a little worse (14t/yr/pc vs 13t/yr/pc). Oil and gas extraction related emissions is the primary driver of that difference.
- louwrentius 3y agoIt’s Terrible nonetheless
- js8 3y agoAs a Czech who has recently been to Texas, I completely agree with the article, and it was exactly what I witnessed.
- Steltek 3y agoAt this point, Texas is just Florida with impractical boots and hats. I'm not sure what you were expecting. Go walk around NY or DC or something.
- RajT88 3y agoEven that breaks down in different parts of Texas. Go to Austin and see what you think. Obligatory: https://youtu.be/JREkqCvLzSo https://youtu.be/JREkqCvLzSo
- korse 3y agoDepends on where you are in Texas. The boots and hats aren't impractical everywhere. Also the boots are freakin' comfortable.
- js8 3y agoI did, as a matter of fact, walk around NY and DC, around 15 years ago. Coincidentally, I have also been to (central) Florida. All of these were work trips, with a bit of vacation here and there. So yeah, I get your point, in DC and NY people do walk and use public transport, elsewhere, it seemed similar, except Texas was bigger (even for walking). But I have that in Prague too. I don't think the point of these articles is to dis on anyone, but really, point out collective procrastination we have towards climate change.
- hermitcrab 3y agoAuthor here. I was trying hard to not to make this article read as America-hating. Obviously the USA is a massive and diverse country and, personally, I think there is a lot to like and admire about American and Americans. But the fact is that Americans, on average, are pumping more carbon into the atmosphere per capita than nearly anyone else and a lot of it seems completely unnecessary.
- hermitcrab 3y agoBTW "Ship of fools" was intended to refer to the human race generally, rather than Floridians or Americans in particular.