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patmax17 t1_j9j79wl wrote

Reply to comment by dcdttu in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

Also took a freaking pandemic to have employers implement smart working, I wonder what will be the next catastrophe that pushes forward a big improvement for humanity?

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Mortar9 t1_j9jfo8r wrote

My money is on water scarcity.

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MOASSincoming t1_j9jtc7l wrote

They will finally get on desalination at large scale maybe ?

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GMN123 t1_j9jzpl3 wrote

This might be something that can be done with excess renewable generation capacity.

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bonesnaps t1_j9kettx wrote

Nothing like an alien invasion to cause us to stop warring with each other and unite against a bigger threat.

Just kidding, that's an impossibility. Humans will be greedy and fight over resources til the end of time.

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Soulprism t1_j9m9g5f wrote

I suspect most Countries would happily offer up other peoples land and resources in exchange for security / trade.

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tegs_terry t1_j9lj55e wrote

Soil erosion or maybe some kind of super volcano.

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MothMan3759 t1_j9jhrhg wrote

Water scarcity is horrible, but it is a slow creeping issue that won't hurt the people in power until the end. I'm thinking something a bit more sudden, meteor or volcano perhaps.

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patmax17 t1_j9jpc68 wrote

We had a big tsunami some time ago, not sure if it improved the situation in those regions today. We also just had a big earthquake in Türkiye

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MothMan3759 t1_j9k24mj wrote

Oh they rarely do bring about positive change, but they do have a chance to get work done in time.

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NeroBoBero t1_j9jty1w wrote

I don’t know the answer to your question, but on the subject of smart working, why can’t cashiers have chairs? Seems unnecessary to have them always standing by a cash register.

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I_tend_to_correct_u t1_j9k0sbs wrote

That’s only a US thing. In every other country the unions demanded that on day one. It’s actually hard to fathom why this still exists in the US to be honest, it can’t affect profits surely?

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bluedarky t1_j9k1h6c wrote

Hell, it’s the law in the uk that if a job can be done sitting down then your employer needs to make reasonable efforts to have a chair available for you if you want or require one.

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patmax17 t1_j9k5hzb wrote

thanks for pointing that out, I thought I was misremembering cashiers sitting down

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abobtosis t1_j9khsrz wrote

They have them at Aldi but that's about it.

I think it's just a bad mindset by employers. An "If you have time to lean you have time to clean" sort of thing.

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series_hybrid t1_j9kxhir wrote

Anyone in a low-skilled job is expected to suffer. It's a horrible mind-set.

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Jaker788 t1_j9k25mc wrote

Unfortunately many are working on bringing workers back in the office full time even if they're don't need to be for their role. Amazon is an example of one planning on going back soon, many smaller or lesser known companies I'm sure are doing the same.

It's unfortunate

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FinnT730 t1_j9kcyko wrote

Global warming, or rather, when there is never winter, and sea levels have gone up 50 meters, and The Netherlands is fully flooded.

Only way for them to realize "oh wait... It was real??? Why did no one tell me!!!"

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zoidbergenious t1_j9nwqme wrote

Dont worry they are trying already hard to remove this progression by forcing ppl bacl to offices.

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