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Re:What is the point of imagining new technologies without n... by coldtea on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:28PM (#29833472)
>This is frankly, an absurdly ridiculous comparison. Pittsburgh and Lorain, Ohio, where I had relatives working in the steel mills were completely choked out by smog/industrial pollution

Not really relevant to the claim, is it? 1880 England cities were also filled with coal smoke, but still had less CO2 production...

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Re:What is the point of imagining new technologies without n... by kansface on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:51PM (#29843832)
The claim is absurd even if its factually true. Why would you possibly care about CO2 when visibility is 4 blocks, your lungs are filled with coal dust, life expectancy was 2 decades shorter, and kids are dying of polio and smallpox? Its missing the forest for the trees. Its a paperclip maximizing argument... advanced by a human!
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Re:What is the point of imagining new technologies without n... by ch4s3 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @10:54PM (#29834620)
> less CO2 production

Locally? Probably not. As a nation, sure. More importantly though, their quality of life was terrible.

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