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I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by 127361 »

eastbound wrote: post #60
127361 wrote: post #54

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Encourage other people (especially if you're in a developing country) not to have too many children. The absolutely unsustainable population levels worldwide are behind the climate and pollution crises. We are an incredibly destructive species to the planet. All countries, developing and developed are part of the problem. Not only that the overcrowding and fighting over limited resources causes psychosocial stress, w…

> Tell other people (especially if you're in a developing country) not to have too many children That’s my bullshit detector. All of the friends heavily engaged in global fight, to the point of leading a 500-people EU startup on ecology… have finally changed their minds and have children. My bullshit detector is, so is ecology more important for you than immigration? Because for me, if you use immigration in parallel…

The instinct to procreate is obviously very powerful? Also increasing use of birth control in developing countries can improve the situation?

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by sdwr »

apantel wrote: post #23
maxglute wrote: post #9

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Yeah this is the irony: whether or not climate change is bad is relative, like everything else. (Tongue in cheek, but there’s a nugget of truth)

I went to a private talk a long time ago. The main point was "climate change isn't real, but if it is, it's not our fault. And if it is our fault, then it's not that bad."

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by ZunarJ5 »

vaylian wrote: post #31
ZunarJ5 wrote: post #15

Act local, think global: https://effectiveactivist.com/

Also: BBC podcast series "How they made us doubt everything": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m000l7q1 (10 episodes plus intro) The fossil fuel industry is still heavily invested in preventing real climate action. It is a very hard opponent to overcome.

Thank you. Good link. I posted something similar below and, here's more food for thought:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/04/more-tha...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01461-y

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by maxglute »

apantel wrote: post #23
maxglute wrote: post #9

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Yeah this is the irony: whether or not climate change is bad is relative, like everything else. (Tongue in cheek, but there’s a nugget of truth)

Many studies over years that some countries are net winners (i.e. more arable land in higher latitude etc). And sometimes winning is simply your competitors doing worse (i.e. some countries need to divert more resources than others). Competition increasingly > cooperation in geopolitics.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by InSteady »

vaylian wrote: post #31
ZunarJ5 wrote: post #15

Act local, think global: https://effectiveactivist.com/

Also: BBC podcast series "How they made us doubt everything": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m000l7q1 (10 episodes plus intro) The fossil fuel industry is still heavily invested in preventing real climate action. It is a very hard opponent to overcome.

You can typically see their handiwork in every single internet discussion of related topics, including HN threads that get enough traction.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by randomdata »

lo0dot0 wrote: post #56
randomdata wrote: post #22

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Emits nothing only if you ignore the engine. Some studies suggest that human CO2 emissions increase eightfold while exercising.

A car is more or less efficient than cycling, depending on the food, car and source of electrical power, and manufacturing CO2 production. The bicycle production emits a less CO2 than the car production, tilting the comparison at the beginning of the lifecycle of both. The GHG emissions associated with food intake required to fuel a kilometre of walking range between 0.05 kgCO2e/km in the least economically developed…

The alternative is to stay close to home, not drive a vehicle of any kind. But the North American city, strangely, scatters everything over large distances, making life impractical without a machine to carry you.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by HenryBemis »

randomdata wrote: post #22
Whoppertime wrote: post #18

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The bicycle machine emits nothing and can be used pretty easily in cities.

Emits nothing only if you ignore the engine. Some studies suggest that human CO2 emissions increase eightfold while exercising.

(I will reply in 9gag-style)

Hi, CO2 and work-out Captain here. I don't know how much CO2 you typically exhale when you do push ups but it is nothing near the exhaust fumes by your 5lt gasoline SUV built in 1990.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by HenryBemis »

nyokodo wrote: post #10
renewiltord wrote: post #3

There’s nothing much to do. An environmentalist told me that it’s a few big companies that are causing it all but that I was greenwashing it by buying Terrapass so now I’ve stopped. I grew up in the city, too, but apparently that was the problem because you’re surrounded by a concrete jungle so now I’m buying a home in the hills. It’s pretty cool, honestly. I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t just live in the hil…

> I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t just live in the hills since it’s better for the environment. Because billions of people can’t just live in the hills.

Oh I want to write: so we can all cycle downhill towards the centee to our work without any effort!!!

(sshhhh... don't mention the ride back home)

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by randomdata »

HenryBemis wrote: post #67
randomdata wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Emits nothing only if you ignore the engine. Some studies suggest that human CO2 emissions increase eightfold while exercising.

(I will reply in 9gag-style) Hi, CO2 and work-out Captain here. I don't know how much CO2 you typically exhale when you do push ups but it is nothing near the exhaust fumes by your 5lt gasoline SUV built in 1990.

It’s funny how travel has become so ingrained into the urban psyche that it doesn’t occur that not travelling is an option.

It’s especially funny as you would think the whole reason people want to live so close to other people is because they don’t want to travel far to engage with other people… Yet it is always about how to get as far away from them as possible, whether by bike or train or whatever it takes.

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Post by bdcravens »

127361 wrote: post #54
jdietrich wrote: post #26

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Stop burning stuff. Tell other people to stop burning stuff. Tell your representatives to work on alternatives to burning stuff. Don't invest in companies that burn a lot of stuff. Avoid waterfront property.

Encourage other people (especially if you're in a developing country) not to have too many children. The absolutely unsustainable population levels worldwide are behind the climate and pollution crises. We are an incredibly destructive species to the planet. All countries, developing and developed are part of the problem. Not only that the overcrowding and fighting over limited resources causes psychosocial stress, w…

Medical condition gave me a built-in vasectomy, and my wife and I tried IVF (getting the sperm out without a vas deferens wasn't a fun surgery, FWIW) but it wasn't successful.

You're welcome.

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