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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

We recommend four widely applicable high-impact (i.e. low emissions) actions with the potential to contribute to systemic change and substantially reduce annual personal emissions: having one fewer child (an average for developed countries of 58.6 tonnes CO2-equivalent (tCO2e) emission reductions per year), living car-free (2.4 tCO2e saved per year), avoiding airplane travel (1.6 tCO2e saved per roundtrip transatlantic flight) and eating a plant-based diet (0.8 tCO2e saved per year). These actions have much greater potential to reduce emissions than commonly promoted strategies like comprehensive recycling (four times less effective than a plant-based diet) or changing household lightbulbs (eight times less).

^https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541/pdf^

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Organize with Sunrise Movement or other similar groups. The US government is a oligarchy, our representatives don't represent it. The only way we will get any kind of change is through organizing and forcing them to listen to us.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
  1. ??? Do, instead of hoping that someone else will do for you
  2. Limit car use to a minimum
  3. Ok
  4. Stop flying
  5. Learn DIY and repair
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The plane one is debatable. Because I believe they're scheduled to fly anyways if you're on it or not.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

And they go "oh well, sorry climate."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Unpopular, but honest, opinion:

I don't care. I have put no offspring into this world, my responsibility ends with me. I don't care for the future of this horrible species that we are.

I drive multiple cars and a boat for fun and waste tons of fuel, i fly as often as we like to, i buy whatever i want and throw away whatever i want, my server-room alone uses more power than most families of 5 do...

At least we mostly eat vegetarian so there's that 😁

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