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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by labster on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:45AM (#20121723)
Logic like this leads to no one addressing the problem, ever. Buy local products that use less energy to transport. Reduce, reuse, recycle -- in that order. Pay for energy efficiency. Lobby your government. Stop blaming other people when you are part of the problem too.
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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by surge on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:34AM (#20121906)
What if I'm already doing that, and the CO2 emissions are still going up every year?

What if the feedback loop is causing a run away effect?

I feel as an individual, mostly helpless. You say buy local but most of the things your suggesting actually cost more (like buying local and becoming vegetarian).

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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by labster on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:19AM (#20122632)
> What if I'm already doing that

You're not.

> What if the feedback loop is causing a run away effect?

It's not. I'm an atmospheric scientist.

> You say buy local but most of the things your suggesting actually cost more

They don't actually cost more. You're just paying the price now, instead of making humanity pay it later in damages.

> (like buying local and becoming vegetarian)

I did not suggest becoming vegetarian. I would have suggested suicide way before I suggested vegetarianism.

In summary, whataboutism isn't the answer to climate change.

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