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Runaround46 t1_jaa8yea wrote

Reply to comment by keithps in China approves biggest expansion in new coal power plants since 2015, report finds | China by cosmic_fetus

Oh dude your not supposed to change shit.

Somehow the companies that pollute shit convinced the public that they need be responsible.

It was a time where a company or corporation had a responsibility to the public to recycle the items that they produced. Or invest in facilities for the recycling.

Companies and governments (see military) are the massive users of energy and polluters of the environment.

Fuck big pickup trucks on the roads though. Our shit wasn't designed for that. Better save it for the rare people using it in professional use.

What we should be doing is driving economy vehicles but then have off-roaders or drag cars or something.

Or just not even have personal vehicles. Use trains and streetcars to get around walkable towns. Then have faster trains for transport in-between cities.

There was a point in time in this country you could get from NYC to like Ohio by streetcar alone.

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stripy1979 t1_jaa8eqx wrote

Reply to Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

It's okay to be principled on human rights but solving climate emergency is not just about picking who wins. There are people who are going to lose and that has to be accepted.

We can't as a world say we won't do this because it will hurt this group or that group, or Mr Smith...

It's all very complicated and decisions like this just highlight the tragedy of the situation

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covert-pops t1_jaa74ra wrote

Reply to comment by Redneckmoans in Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

Norwegians give their politicians shit when they drive a car instead of bike somewhere close so I'm not sure they will see it the same way.

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