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This reminds a bit of the "it's useless to do anything here, China should cut their emissions, not us, we're a mere drop in the ocean!" Which of course means t
by matsemann 2y ago
This reminds a bit of the "it's useless to do anything here, China should cut their emissions, not us, we're a mere drop in the ocean!"
Which of course means that we can solve climate change by dividing the earth into smaller countries, all too small to have any positive effect by cleaning up their act :)
- Alupis 2y agoIt's really unfortunate people cannot fathom how insignificant your butt in an airplane seat, that will take off with or without you, really is. This climate change thing really has become people's new religion. Deny anything that doesn't align with the religion. Commit to meaningless gestures. Say your three hail marys. Who can suffer the most in the name of our lord? It makes you a better person, don't you know?
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- quantified 2y agoIt's the sufficient collection of butts absent that gets the plane not to even be scheduled. Funny how the pandemic quieted things down. (Though perversely, airlines flew plenty of empty planes to keep their gates, just the way our economic incentives are structured.) So academics on their own, no, maybe just a couple of charter flights here and there. Broad-based reduction would be required, for example reducing the sizes of the planes on some routes. These aspects are more meaningless because of the way other humans behave, but it's all a question of degree. It's insignificant whether you urinate into someone's locker at the gym, so we can all do that every day, right?
- Dylan16807 2y agoWell the world isn't divided like that, so since there are groups big enough to have an impact that we can influence, why don't we focus on them?