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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by warent on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:47PM (#31241368)
We're not talking about abstract metaphysics here. These are objectively measured metrics that correlate to direct physical impact on the planet.
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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by whimsicalism on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:53PM (#31241455)
Yes, so does meat eating. Nobody said anything about metaphysics, but whether something is wasteful is a normative question.
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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by warent on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:58PM (#31241515)
There is research demonstrating that the lowest-impact meat produces significantly more greenhouse gas than the worst, highest-impact vegetable. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216

If you're arguing that excess greenhouse gas emissions is not a waste product, then it seems like you're either embracing climate change or you know something about greenhouse gasses that nobody else knows.

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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by whimsicalism on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:07PM (#31241619)
> There is research demonstrating that the lowest-impact meat produces significantly more greenhouse gas than the worst, highest-impact vegetable. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216

Yes, that is my point.

> either embracing climate change

I'm making the very basic claim that all of these are based on normative facts, not metaphysics.

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