The Swiss reject key climate change measures
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#2It's a sad but apocryphal reality that direct democracy is often the rule of the minority...
Re: The Swiss reject key climate change measures
#3It's a sad but apocryphal reality that direct democracy is often the rule of the minority...
I don't understand the use of apocryphal in this context
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#4Re: The Swiss reject key climate change measures
#5It would be very interesting to see a breakdown of voting by age. Environmental destruction has a much greater impact to the young.
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#6It would be very interesting to see a breakdown of voting by age. Environmental destruction has a much greater impact to the young.
That may be true but would the transition imposed by the extreme measures required end up wrecking the current young? Telling the young they can't fly anymore when they're older as I've heard on here a million times is probably not going to get you votes. But that's just a stupid simple example, I can't really fathom how more complex laws will change the world.
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#7* Swiss CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita): 4.17
* US CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita): 15.5
Switzerland is already among the lowest polluters in the EU and much lower than Australia/Canada/US. Just for context.
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#9Smart, in my opinion. Industrial producers are engaged in a massive and well-funded propaganda campaign aimed at distracting people from the fact the overwhelming majority of carbon emissions are from industrial and commercial sources. Even in a car-happy country like the US, personal vehicle use including commuting only makes up 16 percent of carbon emissions.
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#10We need more referendums in the US. It would nice to see the people rebuke the far left and right more often.