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Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr... by peyton on Friday January 12, 2024 @05:04PM (#38974750)
Wouldn’t it be more effective to phase out oil and coal production? Couldn’t that be enforced with remote sensing satellites and cruise missiles?

I’m not seeing the collective action problem here. All the personal shaming stuff feels like a big grift.

Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr... by sprucevoid on Friday January 12, 2024 @05:38PM (#38975134)
Phasing out oil and coal production would be great, but that's a task for politics. It is still a collective action problem though since any such agenda needs to gain popular support in a democracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem As individuals we can both take some actions to reduce climate impact in our daily lives and also support movements and campaigns for actions on the political level. No contradiction there.
Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr... by knodi123 on Friday January 12, 2024 @05:26PM (#38974986)
no, it's not ecologically effective to bomb all the oil platforms. That would actually be an ecological disaster.
Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr... by abenga on Saturday January 13, 2024 @03:16AM (#38978143)
We don't need to stop production. Reducing/ eliminating demand will work just as well.