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by Test0129 1385 days ago
It took a while to scroll to find this. I'm glad someone has read the actual reports.

All of these campaigns aimed at the everyman will do almost nothing to avert climate change. To actually impact it, companies and the ultra wealthy need to be the targets. If every US citizen making under $500,000/year drove an EV, kept their power off most of the day, and ate only vegetables there would not be a perceivable impact on the climate. Yet, we are sold this nonsense by the media who is ostensibly controlled by the very people doing the most damage.

I find it completely insane the idea that the farmer with his diesel truck, or 100,000 farmers with their diesel trucks, are the cause of the problem. The numbers say otherwise. It is not "our" problem, it is their problem. The ultra wealthy and their companies.

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The wealthy, globally and locally, are responsible for most of the emissions but they're doing that by spending money on things that then cause poor people to drive trucks or tractors spewing toxins.

So everyone needs to stop doing the stuff we dont want to happen. Most of it we know is a long term money saver for the poor average joe. They just don't have the funds to invest in that up front.

This is what all the "just transition" stuff is about.