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Edit: I wanted to apologize after reading some of the comments. You raise some legitimate points, I realize that there is a subtle malthusian element to this chart and some of you feel like a burden already. Furthermore, you raise a good point about corporate pollution, oil companies, and how their footprint is much greater than average plebs like us.

That's 100% valid and I don't disagree with you at all. My "compromise" I guess would be that continue to apply pressure and protest against large corporations, but in terms of ourselves, just pick a few things you can cut down on yourself, it does not have to be everything on this list.

For example, I really prefer having animal products in my diet, but I am willing to live in a small apartment , car-free, and not go on vacation much in my adulthood. In the same way, you guys can pick what you are comfortable with in reducing and what you do not want to compromise on.

All of us have different standards of living and we are flexible on some things, and some things we are not flexible. That is alright, just consider changing what you are comfortable with, but please do not think you are a burden. Your presence and your life is valuable to me. I don't like to demoralize people.

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[โ€“] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Enough with these tiny effects

  • Fix the gas pipeline leaks in Turkmenistan
  • Wildfire fighting
  • Actually doing something with that satellite map monitoring of pollution
  • Help the people of Brazil keep the government that isn't burning the Amazon
  • Require sails and kites on cargo ships
[โ€“] n00b001@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sails and kites on cargo ships is a cool idea. But why not electric?

  • Cars can be electric
  • Rockets, tough, but they could be (hydrogen from electrolysis of water)
  • planes, so far - batteries seem to heavy, but maybe one day
  • trains, electric
  • boats, I'm sure the cargo will be reduced - but just get more boats.

Tax oil/gas/plastic at a tiny tiny amount (0.0001%) per unit, and increase it every quarter (maybe even in line with global co2 production, or global temps, if you want some people to feel what the earth is feeling)

This gives business time to de-hydrocarbon, and as stated above - there are already non hydrocarbon solutions