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Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by trinovantes on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:46PM (#29555572)
> cars are a necessity of life

The problem is this mindset. Build better and more sustainable cities instead of the suburban hell that is in most of North America

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Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by eropple on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:33PM (#29556275)
This comment is unhelpful and ineffective, for if it were so easy, it would be done already. People have to live with the decisions that their grandparents' generation made because the inertia of it puts it firmly out of the reach of the individual.
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Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by kfarr on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:22PM (#29557025)
We do NOT have to live with the decisions of our grandparents. We can change the world.
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Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ... by eropple on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @02:09PM (#29570292)
You get that we're talking about individual "responsibility" versus collective mass impact, yeah?

There aren't enough sufficiently-walking-friendly places to live at affordable enough rates to support most individuals in the United States going "welp, guess I'm not gonna drive". Devolving to individuals erases responsibility at levels where the necessary power actually exists.

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