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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by dieortin on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @09:45AM (#27368600)
Humans don’t require fossil fuels to function, but planes do. When you give money to an airline so it can keep its planes flying, that directly translates into emissions.
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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by aembleton on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:00AM (#27368771)
But humans do need heating that largely comes from fossil fuels and fertilisers to grow enough food to eat which also come from fossil fuels.
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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by KptMarchewa on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:08AM (#27368856)
Fertilizer usage usually does not contribute to greenhouse gas "emissions", at least directly.
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Re:G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than g... by boringg on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:24AM (#27369051)
Actually fertilizer does through N2O emissions.
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