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> Along with our propensity for polluting air and water and the massive amounts of carbon we're dumping into the atmosphere to trigger climate change, we have c
by vosper 3y ago
> Along with our propensity for polluting air and water and the massive amounts of carbon we're dumping into the atmosphere to trigger climate change, we have created another kind of pollution: light pollution.
Ahh yes, light pollution, killing millions annually like air pollution and choking seas and rivers like water pollution. Threatening the existence of nations and making swathes of the world unlivable, like climate change.
Come on, light “pollution” is not remotely equivalent to the others.
- RetroTechie 3y ago"Come on, light “pollution” is not remotely equivalent to the others." Submitter here. Doesn't make it less relevant. Greenhouse gasses, 'forever' chemicals, other types of chemical/nuclear pollution, raw sewage released into rivers or oceans, microplastics, noise pollution, light pollution, strip mining, slash 'n burn practices, overfishing, etc etc, they all degrade the natural environment one way or another. What's left is the result of all those effects combined. So even if one type of pollution doesn't seem that bad, it adds to the death-by-1001-papercuts we're dishing out (with "papercuts" being an understatement).