Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by indemnity on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:15AM
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You’re not using effective arguments that will change someone’s point of view.
I believe climate change is coming but trying to convince someone they should change because they are a Bad Person if they don’t change their ways, or that some unspecified type of fuckedness is looming, is not very successful.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by esotericn on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @05:02AM
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When the carbon tax happens they won't have a choice.
Or it won't and we die in a fire.
So it goes.
I don't aim to convince anyone; just stating how it is. I think most are beyond saving.
It represents fixing the economic incentives.
If a beef burger is 10x more environmentally damaging than a vegetable one, it should cost approximately ten times more.
As I've posted below - this is child-level logic. It's time for us to sort our shit out. There really is no option.
We need stable homes, nutrition, and a bit of entertainment. We don't need no-holds-barred competition to literally use as much of everything as we possibly can; and we _certainly_ don't need that to be apportioned essentially randomly - the more damaging activities should cost more.
If it bothers you to be confronted by that - if your first thoughts are "economic damage" and the fact your life might slightly change - I'm sorry for you. Because you really are fucked, you're coming down with all of us.