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[–] amnesiacrobat@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I had pretty much this same thought just the other day. It’s so disheartening how oil companies and other industries managed to delay any significant changes that might have prevented this.

[–] zosu@vlemmy.net 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

still delaying, gaslighting, distracting and greenwashing. i wonder how they find people who are okay with doing this. that's some super villain level evil right there

[–] amnesiacrobat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I’m sure the thought of the people who are okay with it is “the major effects will be after I’m dead and in the here and now I’m rich”

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mitch McConnell has entered the chat

[–] Hellsadvocate@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago
[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I wish there was something the average person could do to force the change, but most of the world has people so desperate to work for and consume from the very industries killing the planet so we can eat and shelter ourselves, that change is nearly impossible.

So instead, I'm not having kids (also too broke for this anyhow), and consume as little as possible by buying things used, sell/donate things I don't use etc. I may not be able to change the system, but I can refuse participating as much as possible!

[–] Kalkaline@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I acknowledge I'm still a small part of the problem. Without abstaining from meat and oil products, I still contribute a small portion to the greenhouse gas problem that my child will have to deal with. Is it on the level of megacorps and millionaire and billionaire classes? No, but I'm not at a net zero yet.