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It’s a bad measure. Fossil fuels is what allowed us the progress we’ve experienced in the XX century and beyond. Without it, the majority of the world would b
by mc32 1y ago
It’s a bad measure. Fossil fuels is what allowed us the progress we’ve experienced in the XX century and beyond. Without it, the majority of the world would be living near subsistence as well as still suffering from infectious diseases, etc. Not too far off from the guilded age but with some tweaks.
- 6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago> the majority of the world would be living differently we don't know how, we sure can't say it would be worse, it probably wouldn't. modern medicine is not energy intensive likewise aren't better hygiene and better food. Actually vaccines, that fight infectious diseases, have been discovered when we used little or no fossil fuel and the light was kept on by candles or oil, including whale oil.
- grimblee 1y agoI think having everyone use public transport instead of cars and banning programmed obscolescence and advertising would drastically reduce our footprint without impacting our (as in, the people, not shareholders) lives.
- mc32 1y agoI agree with you generally speaking while also acknowledging that there are lots of cases where public transit is not feasible (rural areas, larger items transport, time sensitive travel). Also some ads are useful, but I’d be down for not having ads meant to increase sales.
- grimblee 1y agoHow about governement putting fort incentive to promote carsharing ? Also, rural area could be bettre connected if all that money didn't go into individual cars