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Ninjaboi91 t1_j629oz0 wrote

When are we ACTUALLY going to have climate action and consequences for companies that destroy our planet??? For FUCKS SAKE the science and data has been around for decades, fuck their profits we are all dying!

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HensonMenson t1_j62gwnj wrote

We're not, humans are stupid primates, same biological class as rodents, throughout history we've expanded used resource then expanded again. We're not capable of rapid change as a collective, short of some technological miracle the world is going to be a much shit tier place for mamallia in the coming century and beyond.

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noobductive t1_j62vyg7 wrote

Other primates don’t pull this shit.

This is part of being human.

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wart365 t1_j631045 wrote

It'll happen the moment you accept a new nuclear power plant down by your local Walmart and all Walmart items being required to participate in a company buyback program for clean/safe disposal and recycle as is done for batteries and tires. It'll happen whenever you accept the necessity of waiting for the bus and permitting construction of a railroad, truck terminal and auto wrecker near your local Caddilac dealership.

I'm being facetious but you get the idea. The sorts of compromises required are too much for the average person to accept. By the time it does matter, people will just accept that birds went extinct, that gardens can't be made without special chemicals, or that rain is toxic. The sort of world where standing outside for more than 20 minutes is dangerous due to ozone depletion and reproduction requires special drugs to offset microplastics in breast milk. This is already happening in parts of the US and they are begging Trump to take america back, build the wall, and stop the liberals from taking away plastic bags.

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beebog t1_j63le2a wrote

i don’t think the average consumer has even close to as much responsibility as large companies. if we all reduced our carbon footprint to zero as average people, we’re still on the fast track to global extinction

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helpless9002 t1_j643vkh wrote

>When are we ACTUALLY going to have climate action and consequences for companies that destroy our planet???

Only when said companies start losing money for destroying the planet, instead of profiting.

But here in Brazil when we fight against the people who destroy the forest, we are called "communists" and shut down.

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