savjee@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoIf we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonneswww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1245cross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1245external-linkIf we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonneswww.euronews.comsavjee@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square193fedilinkcross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.world
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_dayslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago You won’t convince people, so it’s DOA That pretty much sums up any approach by humans to do something about what’s happening to the planet. Anything anyone throws out is realistically DOA.
minus-squareUmbrias@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoMaybe. I think sometimes we get disillusioned because incremental progress is hard to feel in the face of systemic momentum, but things are getting better. Often in ways that are far less …genocidey… Than willful extinction.
minus-squareRedMarsRepublic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago“let’s all reduce our emissions” is a much better sell than “nobody should have kids so I can continue to live how I’m used to”
That pretty much sums up any approach by humans to do something about what’s happening to the planet. Anything anyone throws out is realistically DOA.
Maybe. I think sometimes we get disillusioned because incremental progress is hard to feel in the face of systemic momentum, but things are getting better. Often in ways that are far less …genocidey… Than willful extinction.
“let’s all reduce our emissions” is a much better sell than “nobody should have kids so I can continue to live how I’m used to”