This month is the planet's hottest on record by far -- and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNN
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Scientists from two global climate authorities are reporting before July has even ended that this month will be the planet’s hottest on record by far.
  • tasty4skin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    The narrative that the average joe is to blame for this shit is so infuriating to me. Myself and 50,000 other people could start walking everywhere and it very likely wouldn’t come close to offsetting the emissions of Amazon’s fleet of trucks.

    Yes individual consumption matters, but there’s a very small group of individuals called billionaires that contribute 1000x more than you or I ever could. BP invented the idea of the individual carbon footprint.

    • aeternum@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      you do realise that these companies do these things because customers buy them, right? If you didn’t buy stuff on amazon, there wouldn’t be any amazon trucks around.

      • tasty4skin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        you do realize that I don’t buy stuff from Amazon and there are still Amazon trucks around right?

        • 418teapot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Yes, you are correct in that a single individual’s action will make no difference, just like your single vote makes no difference either. However if everyone does their part it can make a massive difference.

          While your individual contribution makes no difference, you still should try to do your part. Yes, change takes work and a bit of sacrifice. Just like how it takes time out of your day to do research on candidates and go to the polls.

          If you don’t do the work, it doesn’t make you smart or clever, it just makes you an asshole taking advantage of others.

    • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      You existing is why those companies use that energy.

      I agree that it’s BS to put the blame on the average person’s behavior.

      But the blame is on us collectively.

      We use a lot of energy.

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Not to support Amazon, but those trucks on optimized delivery routes are likely better for the environment than individials each driving their own cars to box stores…

  • sshff@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m sure this will spur society to prioritise the future viability of our species survival and the state of the environment over short term quarterly profits right? … right?