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> the immense possible good worldwide internet It's hard to take your argument seriously if you think that's more important than preserving the environment
by ramon156 1y ago
> the immense possible good worldwide internet
It's hard to take your argument seriously if you think that's more important than preserving the environment
- jvanderbot 1y agoIt is impossible to make any improvement without some impact. We're way, way past any real problems when discussing a few 100kg of metal falling into the upper atmosphere every day.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> hard to take your argument seriously if you think that's more important than preserving the environment Okay, go convince a few billion Indians and Chinese they should wait to industrialize because the environment can’t take it.
- jvanderbot 1y agoWhat does this have to do with anything ITT?
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> What does this have to do with anything ITT? Growth versus preservation. India is trashing its air quality burning coal near its cities. Yet that power is lifting millions out of poverty and into the world's second-largest middle class. Everyone would prefer clean air ceteris paribus. But for a lot of those people, economic security is "more important than preserving the environment."