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SandyDelights t1_j3om44n wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds | Most of atmospheric layer that protects planet from ultraviolet radiation likely to be fully recovered for most of world by 2040. by SetMau92

I don’t disagree, at least re: people who recognize climate change is real, but that’s the problem: not everyone does. A sizable chunk of countries like the US just… Don’t believe it’s actually a thing, and actively push against addressing it out of a desire to “win” and sheer spite.

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Kelsenellenelvial t1_j3orzs6 wrote

Also first world countries that have huge per capita emissions, but total emissions much lower than places with larger populations not wanting to do anything because they consider themselves a drop in the bucket. Those same people also not making simple changes because each individual change doesn’t make much difference, stop complaining about not getting plastic bags at the grocery store and just bring your own, or keep a couple folding crates in your trunk. If they put as much effort into finding ways to reduce waste as they do complaining about what others are trying to do we might actually get things under control in a reasonable timeframe.

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