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Re:Humanity Has Flipped the Amazon Forest from Carbon Sink t... by ricardobeat on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:26AM (#27843942)
Public policy is always the greatest factor for change at this scale. It’s extremely unlikely that you’ll effect change by individual action, even if you enlist a church-like following.
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Re:Humanity Has Flipped the Amazon Forest from Carbon Sink t... by danparsonson on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:59AM (#27844147)
Sure, and (in countries with functioning democracies) public policy responds to pressure from the public. It doesn't tend to change in the face of public apathy.
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Re:Humanity Has Flipped the Amazon Forest from Carbon Sink t... by pessimizer on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:03AM (#27844828)
And in countries with functioning mass media systems, the public responds to pressure from the tv.
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Re:Humanity Has Flipped the Amazon Forest from Carbon Sink t... by danparsonson on Thursday July 15, 2021 @12:06PM (#27846307)
Indeed; isn't life wonderful. We can still choose to ignore the noise, or treat it with skepticism, do our own investigation etc. We're not forced to listen. But yeah, sure, the media also share some of the blame - they're people too. These are problems of humanity's making.
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