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• untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You know how many ships are needed to transport the thousands of components in the vast supply chain of computer chips? its a lot

  If shiping slows down, computer chips become more expensive. And the whole world relies on them for everything. That includes you.

  i really doubt sail powered ships are as fast as oil powered ones

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Good. I want less consumerism. I know it will effect me, but I already do my best to minimize my impact. Hearing the whines up materialistic shits will only make it better.

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    • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      do you realize that if shiping became vastly more expensive then fertilizers will become more expensive and then so will food?? not to mention how much more expensive meds would get

      the whole world relies on this, and its not just about consumerism

      also no avocados if no shiping

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Guess we better just ship fertilizers instead of tvs and phones.

        Also, there are concepts for sailing cargo vessels

        Also, we could make nuclear cargo vessels.

        Saying we have to use bunker fuel to maintain our current life style or that we need to maintain current life style is just a lack of creativity and buys into the dogshit status quo that capitalism has trained into you. We’ve know about climate change for over a hundred years and every time anyone suggests doing anything about it, the cudgel of “whAT aBout tHe eCoNOmy!” gets brought up. I don’t care anymore. I don’t care about your pretty little life style. I don’t care about your 401k plan. I just don’t care.

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