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> People refuse to acknowledge that their conservation efforts for a year are undone by some guy in Texas in five minutes The conservation efforts of the major
by joenot443 3y ago
> People refuse to acknowledge that their conservation efforts for a year are undone by some guy in Texas in five minutes
The conservation efforts of the majority of the world are undone when one nation accounts for 30% of the global CO2 emissions. No amount of paper straws or reusable coffee cups will undo the coal burning Shenhua Group does every year.
- Freak_NL 3y agoDon't think like that. Consider how much worse off we would be if no effort was made at all. The aim is to reduce our global footprint, not to balance it with the biggest polluter. If every single country kept on using resources like it was 1999 nothing would change. The fact that at least some measures are taken, and that these measures are getting adopted in many countries puts pressure on the laggards.
- itishappy 3y agoEspecially horrifying since that 30% supports twice the number of people it would in the US. If they lived like Floridians it'd be closer to 50%.