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keithps t1_jaa7yfa wrote

Reply to comment by Runaround46 in China approves biggest expansion in new coal power plants since 2015, report finds | China by cosmic_fetus

Roughly each gigawatt will consume ~10,000tons of coal each day. That's 500,000 tons of coal PER DAY. And I'm supposed to change my life to help the environment.

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Runaround46 t1_jaa8yea wrote

Oh dude your not supposed to change shit.

Somehow the companies that pollute shit convinced the public that they need be responsible.

It was a time where a company or corporation had a responsibility to the public to recycle the items that they produced. Or invest in facilities for the recycling.

Companies and governments (see military) are the massive users of energy and polluters of the environment.

Fuck big pickup trucks on the roads though. Our shit wasn't designed for that. Better save it for the rare people using it in professional use.

What we should be doing is driving economy vehicles but then have off-roaders or drag cars or something.

Or just not even have personal vehicles. Use trains and streetcars to get around walkable towns. Then have faster trains for transport in-between cities.

There was a point in time in this country you could get from NYC to like Ohio by streetcar alone.

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flamehead2k1 t1_jaajmin wrote

>Oh dude your not supposed to change shit.

. . . >What we should be doing is driving economy vehicles but then have off-roaders or drag cars or something. > >Or just not even have personal vehicles. Use trains and streetcars to get around walkable towns. Then have faster trains for transport in-between cities.

This is a pretty big change for most Americans

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