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Green-Cruiser t1_iy5jk2j wrote

Saved you a click: is about farming protein using bacteria farms instead of conventional methods.

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ToothlessGrandma t1_iy5nddp wrote

Not voting for Republicans would probably be the biggest thing that would help the planet in the shortest amount of time.

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[deleted] t1_iy5nx0f wrote

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GamemasterAI t1_iy5oi6n wrote

Eh only the ppl who wanna do something abt climate change would partake, if ppl wanna put their lives on the lines we can do more effective solutions.

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keithcody t1_iy5sa5i wrote

The single biggest thing to affect climate change that any one person could do would be eating 1 billionaire.

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Green-Cruiser t1_iy5o4ij wrote

And driving EVs instead of gas, and reducing the amount of meat, and putting solar/(new thorium)nuclear/renewables/storage everywhere we can afford to, and ending lobbying. There are plenty of things we can all do

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ToothlessGrandma t1_iy5oayz wrote

That's why I said stop voting Republican. They're against all of this.

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scipiotomyloo t1_iy5s3lp wrote

I’m totally on board for going green, but until I can buy a work van for less than $10k - I can’t go EV. I’m poor.

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Green-Cruiser t1_iy5tpow wrote

At some point gas will be expensive enough to the point that converting a van to electric will be a no-brainer. If you only need the van to go under 100 miles/ charge you can get close for 10k.

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usatovo t1_iy5uiqt wrote

I wonder if gas prices might actually fall substantially at some point over the next 10-20 years as more people buy EVs and demand for gas drops. I think that’s one of the reasons we need a legislative end date for fossil fuels, not just the old rely on the free market strategy.

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Hei2 t1_iy62dgg wrote

I think what might happen is prices go up as production reduces due to reduced demand.

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TeaKingMac t1_iy6dpn4 wrote

This.

Also, I imagine they'll put a vice tax on it like they do alcohol and cigarettes

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UltimateTrattles t1_iy8bw6n wrote

Even better than buying evs - let’s not build cities around cars and instead around people - and have reasonable transit.

The vast majority of cars sit empty, parked, for 90% of their life. They are an enormous waste.

We need to move to a norm where the average person doesn’t own a car and has no reason to.

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Green-Cruiser t1_iy8i4gl wrote

I like your idea but rebuilding a city is harder than converting the cars to EV.

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UltimateTrattles t1_iy8ida7 wrote

We don’t need to rebuild.

We just need to stop building giant single family suburbs.

We are actively STILL building more areas like this.

We need to zone for mixed use - not strictly residential. It does not require rebuilding. Simply fixing zoning will start to sort the problem out.

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Green-Cruiser t1_iy8j95d wrote

👍 I'm a big fan of changing the way we build moving forward

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VinnyViddyVicci t1_iy5up77 wrote

Dissolving both Parties (as if there are only 2 to begin with), losing the labels, reestablishing Civil Discourse, listening to Understand each other, seeking Common Ground for the Greater Good, and voting issues instead of functioning under Tribal Loyalty would be at least twice as effective.

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Cold_Turkey_Cutlet t1_iy7eqdx wrote

So either do something completely impossible, or just stop voting Republican. One solution may be "at least twice as effective" but it's also completely impossible and overly idealistic. Americans need to stop letting perfect be the enemy of good and just STOP VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS. You can think about reaching some kind of utopia when you've cleared that very very short hurdle and stop voted for the fascist party that wants to take all your rights away.

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VinnyViddyVicci t1_iyajqy7 wrote

It is not impossible, but such thinking that makes it so. It's actually quite simple. In fact, with a little Civil Discourse and Unity, we have changed the world time and again, and We The People can do it again.

It's happening even now, all around the globe.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

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Cold_Turkey_Cutlet t1_iyakdvq wrote

Ok you're right. It is possible. But the first step will HAVE to be for people to stop voting Republican. Without that first step, the rest of it is impossible because Republican politicians will make sure it's impossible.

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VinnyViddyVicci t1_iyao4jw wrote

Have you ever had a conversation with a Republican?

Not an argument, not a debate, not scrolling through quips and recaps of what someone says someone else meant, nor hanging on every word from Democratic Media outlets, but an actual discussion?

I was thinking earlier today about how people with staunch political opinion who "belong to a party" rarely ever have civil conversations with members of the other party; rather, the vast majority work to avoid cognitive dissonance and surround themselves with like-minded people instead. It's what algorithms and Feeds are all predicated on.

But in contrast, there are numerous posts on Reddit today depicting Unity between people from warring countries, all in the name of human decency and sportsmanship.

The first step is to sit down and have a conversation in which the objective for each participant is to understand, not to be right, nor to even be understood.

It's as simple as identifying an issue, having a conversation about pros and cons, listening to each other, reasoning with one another for the greater good, and then affecting change to that end.

Bumper stickers, flags on pick-up trucks, signs in yards and all the aggressive Fuck Biden / Fuck Trump / Let's Go Brandon propaganda of today is doing absolutely nothing but to create and perpetuate the same old discord and division. It's not changing anyone's mind, and it is not affecting the change that we ALL want.

The collective cries of the human race have not changed, my friend. We The People want a Utopia, do we not?

The primary difference between a Democrat and a Republican is essentially which side of the House they're sitting in.

Both parties are riddled with corruption; both parties work for Corporations, money, power, property, and prestige; neither party is enriching nor improving the lives of the people. It's a revolving door that spins both ways on the same axis.

We The People - 2🌏24

Dissolve the Parties/Unite the People.

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Cold_Turkey_Cutlet t1_iyay6fk wrote

Idealistic solutions with absolutely no chance of being implemented in the real world. Everything you wrote is meaningless fluff in the real world.

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VinnyViddyVicci t1_iyayl0k wrote

That's what Quitters say. 😉

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Cold_Turkey_Cutlet t1_iyays3h wrote

Cool. I hope that quip makes you feel better about the fact that the parties will never be dissolved in some magical moment of togetherness where humanity suddenly forgets the deep psychological division that goes back hundreds of years.

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AREssshhhk t1_iy6c82l wrote

Yah because politicians with D in front of their name will save you from climate change

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Skud_NZ t1_iy72qmu wrote

I can't tell if it's a clickbait title or if it's true, leaning towards clickbait

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