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by irl_chad 1203 days ago
I don’t particularly care if humans are a cause of climate change or any of the other debated topics in the sphere of climate science. I want a clean planet for my kids/grandkids/their grandkids, so I want legislative and foreign policies that support that. Some things are a lot more important than economic growth.
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bilsbie 1203 days ago
A noble goal for sure. How do you decide how much to value co2 reduction over clean water or clean air or nature preservation?

Should all of our environmental energy be on co2?

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dennis_jeeves1 1203 days ago
The quality of air and water is much more measurable and has a direct immediate impact on life. Even a non-scientist can tell the different between the foul air in a city versus a forest. CO2 on the other hand is a much more nuanced technical topic that needs measuring sea levels, CO2, temperature and several other variables etc.

So why not focus of the immediate measurable aspect that can be potentially changed?

Why the endless distraction with CO2 and the several hundred variables associated with it? In fact I suspect that as a good side effect of cleaning up the air and water might be a reduction in CO2 levels.

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irl_chad 1203 days ago
I’m not an expert on the topic, I don’t understand the question.

What valid reasons are there for emissions in a world with nuclear reactors and electric vehicles?

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