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Not with Captain Planet tier cartoon villains in power.

by dyauspitr 9mo ago

dnautics 9mo ago
you mean like the german environmentalists who singlehandedly kicked up german atmospheric mercury emissions?
- ZeroGravitas 9mo ago
  Can you identify when exactly the German environmentalists did this thing you refer to? I'm assuming it's something coal related. Total and per capita coal usage for Germany and a few other peer nations: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-by-country-terawatt-hours-twh?tab=line&country=JPN~DEU~USA~GBR https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-by-count... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capita?tab=line&country=USA~GBR~DEU~JPN https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capi... I can see a bump in early 1980s but I see the same in other nations, possibly a response to oil embargoes, possibly just economic growth.
  - adrianN 9mo ago
    Arguably Germany should have turned off a few lignite plants and kept their nuclear power a little bit longer.
edm0nd 9mo ago
Did you know that Captain Planet was straight up created to be pro environmentalist and anti-oil propaganda? >Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996) was a pioneering animated series designed by Ted Turner and producer Barbara Pyle as environmental, pro-social "edutainment" to influence children towards ecological activism. It aimed to combat pollution and encourage environmental stewardship, often using over-the-top, stereotypical villains to represent corporate greed and ecological destruction. Our parents let us get brainwashed by hippies and corporations as kids haha
- dyauspitr 9mo ago
  I wish we had more “propaganda” like this.
  - jkubicek 9mo ago
    Sesame Street is still putting out new episodes. Turns out the "learn to count" and "be nice to your neighbors" industry wields a lot more power than anyone thought.
    - amanaplanacanal 9mo ago
      That's good to hear. I was somehow under the impression that the show was cancelled.
- zahlman 9mo ago
  > Did you know that Captain Planet was straight up created to be pro environmentalist and anti-oil propaganda? Well, yes, it isn't subtle. It turns out that some propaganda is just correct, however.
  - II2II 9mo ago
    Captain Planet always bothered me as a kid, even though I was (and continue to be) supportive of environmental protection. There was too much evil for the sake of evil. People don't destroy the environment because they want to. The destroy it because they don't care. They don't care because they are driven by greed, or some other motivation that is ultimately damaging to the environment, society, and civilization.
    - zahlman 9mo ago
      Yes, that's an entirely fair criticism. Media for children often has this kind of non-realism, and I think it's mostly for the worse. Strangely enough, I was raised with quite a bit of environmental responsibility, but only a relatively dim awareness of the show existing.

Not with Captain Planet tier cartoon villains in power.

dnautics 9mo ago

you mean like the german environmentalists who singlehandedly kicked up german atmospheric mercury emissions?

ZeroGravitas 9mo ago
Can you identify when exactly the German environmentalists did this thing you refer to? I'm assuming it's something coal related. Total and per capita coal usage for Germany and a few other peer nations: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-by-country-terawatt-hours-twh?tab=line&country=JPN~DEU~USA~GBR https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-by-count... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capita?tab=line&country=USA~GBR~DEU~JPN https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capi... I can see a bump in early 1980s but I see the same in other nations, possibly a response to oil embargoes, possibly just economic growth.
- adrianN 9mo ago
  Arguably Germany should have turned off a few lignite plants and kept their nuclear power a little bit longer.

edm0nd 9mo ago

Did you know that Captain Planet was straight up created to be pro environmentalist and anti-oil propaganda? >Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996) was a pioneering animated series designed by Ted Turner and producer Barbara Pyle as environmental, pro-social "edutainment" to influence children towards ecological activism. It aimed to combat pollution and encourage environmental stewardship, often using over-the-top, stereotypical villains to represent corporate greed and ecological destruction. Our parents let us get brainwashed by hippies and corporations as kids haha

dyauspitr 9mo ago
I wish we had more “propaganda” like this.
- jkubicek 9mo ago
  Sesame Street is still putting out new episodes. Turns out the "learn to count" and "be nice to your neighbors" industry wields a lot more power than anyone thought.
  - amanaplanacanal 9mo ago
    That's good to hear. I was somehow under the impression that the show was cancelled.
zahlman 9mo ago
> Did you know that Captain Planet was straight up created to be pro environmentalist and anti-oil propaganda? Well, yes, it isn't subtle. It turns out that some propaganda is just correct, however.
- II2II 9mo ago
  Captain Planet always bothered me as a kid, even though I was (and continue to be) supportive of environmental protection. There was too much evil for the sake of evil. People don't destroy the environment because they want to. The destroy it because they don't care. They don't care because they are driven by greed, or some other motivation that is ultimately damaging to the environment, society, and civilization.
  - zahlman 9mo ago
    Yes, that's an entirely fair criticism. Media for children often has this kind of non-realism, and I think it's mostly for the worse. Strangely enough, I was raised with quite a bit of environmental responsibility, but only a relatively dim awareness of the show existing.