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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One day I will die, and sooner than I wish. Maybe some effects of climate change will do me in. At least nobody can say I haven't done what I could to stop it. It's what I do for a living.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This seems like a weird argument. One has to come before the other. You won't see a noticable reduction CO2 emissions until renewables are primary sources for probably decades. Sure that's not great but it's where we're at.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Solar is cheaper than ever? I mean sure, but you still have to pay for it upfront, and by the time you got your money back you need some new panels. Also i like solar power and everything, but i'm not at home during the day, so i would produce energy for no one. Or i'd get a big ass battery, which is super expensive and doesn't last as long as the panels. And no, where i live, you don't get any money anymore for the extra power you produce.

It's also cool that the ocean is being cleaned, but we'll just produce more garbage in shorter time. So far we did plastic straws, which was a big thing that a lot of people are still mad about. And it was just basically a marketing campaign because a turtle had a straw in it's nose. The garbage that is being fished out of the ocean doesn't just disappear. It's better than chilling in the ocean i guess, but it's still garbage twice the size of texas that has to be delt with.

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[–] bcoffy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Also the US is at about 40% carbon free energy production (renewables + nuclear), which is pretty swag.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Defeatists are just lazy. Call them out for being unwilling to actually do something about the climate.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

One could argue that people who soothe themselves with cosmetics are the ones who are unwilling to really tackle the problem. See my other comment for details.

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee -1 points 1 day ago

Try looking at facts. Data. Or, rather, don't if you don't want to become depressed.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's not always up to us, but also countries like China that open a new coal plant every week.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

i don't think china is the example you want to point to on that...

https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy

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[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Gotta power the factory that has to send garbage to america

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