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Lots of people agree with this! Me too. But it’s not the “what” but the how, when, and who that really matter
Exactly. 99% of all people want a sustainable planet. Ok maybe 80% but still a lot. But most of us still live in air conditioned homes and buy goods that have to be freighted over here from other countries. Even if you go from driving a hummer to a Tesla I’d be surprised if you came anywhere close to cutting 50% of your carbon footprint. 99% of us aren’t willing to give these things up until we’re forced to, but posting how we want to keep our planet beautiful will keep us happy until that time comes.
Do 99% of people want a sustainable planet? I'd say there's a significant minority that couldn't give a fuck and that if all they had to do to make the climate healthier was push a button it'd be a coin flip as to whether they do it or not just to 'fuck the libs'.
It’s already too late, you know.
I think so. We could have fusion energy tomorrow and the powers that be would make it illegal...
One of my teachers is pretty tuned into that kinda thing and talks about having your own parallel existence from the madness but it is hard, you know? Part of me just can’t help but feel the need to try do something, anything. But nothing is gonna change, not without a shit tonne of divine intervention
Yeah the second sentence I changed it to 80% for people like you but the point remains the same
Yeah subverting existential dread is why the Internet is such a big hit anyway
A sustainable planet and an unlimited standard of living are not mutually exclusive ideas.
They definitely are as of today. Maybe in the future but that requires much more progress
And is it immoral? Is it immoral to live as comfortably as possible at the price of possibly destroying the planet? I have no remorse typing this and consuming electricity. You could argue that some type of balance is the righteous way of living but can I blame the ones that don't desire to follow this path and indulge in excess?
It is true that living like a stoic regarding consumption has the potential to provide the same level of happiness as someone that consumes to the maximum possible limit because the brain eventually adapts and you just change your baseline necessity of materialistic things.
I’m not saying it’s immoral. I’m saying it’s hypocrite how many people criticize oil companies and blah blah blah when without the consumer there is no oil company.
Eh, the how and the who that people can't really get behind. You'd have to kill billions of people to actually have any true sort of sustainable living.
Noooo. Technology can solve the problem without killing all the humans.