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Low-carbon technologies need far less mining than fossil fuels. (ourworldindata.org)
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[โ€“] Womble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I presume since you're the one suggesting going back to the living conditions of the 1700s then you'd be fine if you were one of the slaves/serfs used to generated the quality of life for other people?

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

I was referring to modern day overpopulation and our excessive addiction to energy consumption, as opposed to past centuries where there were far fewer people (yet still quite a plenty), and far less energy consumption demands.

I dunno where you plucked the idea of slavery out of anything I said, you can fuck right off with that.