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by adapiz 1085 days ago
Acceptance. But I got there in no time. I'm depressed, that we can be as good and green as we want in EU, we will always have these people having fun just wasting resources like driving rolling coal. We have a globalized world. Covid showed even more issues: We have so many air planes that we cannot really have them all on ground so they are supposed to be airborne. Just looking at Flightradar makes me shudder. We can have nice and green cities, E-cars, bikes, public transport and so on, but I'm also aware of the conditions in Africa and South East asia where thousands of cars, scooter and other outdated tech just pollutes the air and wastes tons by just being stuck in traffic jams. America, where energy is rather cheap, seems to build houses that look like paper to me. Imagine there would be energy passes for buildings that would show how much energy is needed per square meter room it provides. I believe most buildings would his G grades. I'm trying my best to act as rational as I can. I own a car and despite it's sporty type I'm a very judicious driver. I rarely use the breaks to reduce speed by just knowing my care and observe the traffic and situation. After 150k km mileage (60k on my own) I finally decided to replace the brakes. Every time I came in for service they told me, I should renew the brakes. And when I commissioned to renew the brakes the chef called me to ensure if I really wanted to do that because the brakes would last a bit longer. Hilarious! I observe a lot, listen to people's stories, and have come to the conclusion that most people are just not considerate and don't want to be. I understand that it doesn't make sense to lecture them. In 99% it won't change anything. People who are really interested are mostly already optimizing and quite good at it. And then it's circle jerk of a minority while the majority keeps acting dumb from the minority's perspective. All that just leaves me with my depressing thoughts about being a single small being on a planet with billions of people and a stupid system that cannot be improved and most beings just try to get through somehow. And I'm not going to start ranting about all the (energy) waste caused by the greed, profit and lies of minor beings doing scams or powerful beings with great influence in politics and business.