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Re:The poisons released by melting Arctic ice by WaltPurvis on Sunday June 23, 2019 @01:22PM (#20257098)
>Readers: reducing your emissions will make a difference, not just your reduction, but you will lead others, who otherwise might feel alone, to join you.

I'm fairly confident that every individual I personally know would react with a bemused "how quaint" if I started riding a bicycle or eating vegan or whatever as a way of fighting climate change. I'm sorry, but I just don't foresee a massive number of people changing their lifestyles voluntarily.

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Re:The poisons released by melting Arctic ice by foobiekr on Sunday June 23, 2019 @03:53PM (#20258275)
One real problem with the whole "go vegan" thing is that it will just be used to support additional population. Fundamentally, without managing population, all conservation really accomplishes is allowing the population to get even further out past carrying capacity.
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