• Zenith@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    Millennials been saying this since we were teens but were told to shut up and sit down

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      11 hours ago

      GenX been hammered this since we were kids ain’t nothing changing because we are all addicted to this course we are on including you and your generation.

      The sooner we all admit it’s our habits that have collectively caused this the sooner we solve it but we all know that shit isn’t gonna happen so here we are. I feel sorry for my kids and hope one day it gets bad enough that we all agree to change it.

      • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 hours ago

        The sooner we all admit it’s our habits that have collectively caused this the sooner we solve it but we all know that shit isn’t gonna happen so here we are. I

        Can we acknowledge that most consumer habits are directly driven by the media and large corporations influencing people through news and advertising? Or that corporations have done their best to offload the responsibility for polluting the biosphere onto consumers, even as they knowingly peddled products that had direct damage to ecosystems and pushed habits that did nothing but make consumers feel better about the shitty products they consume (see plastic recycling).

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        10 hours ago

        Do not blame private citizens for the actions taken by large corporations and governments agencies.

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          10 hours ago

          There’s plenty of blame to go around.

          Private citizens are supporting shitty companies and electing shitty governments.

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            9 hours ago

            When there are only two shitty options to choose from, picking the least shitty option doesn’t mean they were the ‘good’ one.

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              issue is some countries and areas have viable affordable alternatives to planet destroying lifestyle habits, but people still chose to destroy the planet

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        10 hours ago

        Sorry but no. Many understand and hate this path yet there is little choice when the alternati-e is homelessness, starvation and/or jail

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      8 hours ago

      The study says that people will experience 18 heat waves in their life time, up from 11. A heatwave could be as short as 2 days, or a couple of days or longer. They worry that the temp. Could rise by 3.5C despite current polices will keep us at about 2.4C. It is a bit fearmonger-ey once you read the methodology. They are basing it if you live in Belgium.

      The UK just had a “heatwave,” which was about 26C+ or so, still far from the highest of 34.8C which is the highest recorded in 30+ years.

      Pollution is a bigger problem, with plastic being found in kids developing brains, for example.

      https://www.ehn.org/plastics-neurological-disorders