Is Europe addressing climate change?
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undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 weeks ago
Wouldn’t simply addressing climate change generally be the answer? I don’t understand why this might be confusing.
robocall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Ideally, yes. But we’re way past the point where mitigation alone can solve this. We need climate change adaptation, too.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because billionaires make that impossible.
The CEO of starbucks lives in LA. The HQ of starbucks is in Seattle.
He COULD move the HQ to LA. He COULD buy a 2nd house in Seattle.
Instead he takes his own personal commercial jet DAILY from LA to Seattle, and back again. Every day.
There is a commercial jet that flies the skies, using up fuel, and burning through the atmosphere 365 days a year.
All because this fuckwit doesn’t want to have a ZOOM meeting.
That’s one billionaire. One. Now think of the fact that 1 billionaire on average creates more environmental damage than 1 million regular people combined.
And that’s ONE. Now think of all the billionaires in the world. Combined.
And then there’s America. I live in America. If I need something from the store, I’ll walk. Yeah, it may be a 15 minute walk. Each way. But, c’mon. It’s not that far. By the time you look for your keys, and open the garage, and start the car, and everything, you’re looking at 5-10 minutes anyways. May as well just walk. I got a little wagon I use to carry all my groceries. It handles 750lbs.
Now, every car on the road, doing these short little trips. It feels like not much, but it adds up.
On top of all that, I have a theory that paved surfaces retain natural heat, and in the case of black tar surfaces, RAISE the heat.
As opposed to grass, which would lower it.
But billionaire or middle class, nobody wants to give up their ammenities. Even if the planet suffers. Guess we’ll all just die in an inferno.
robocall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
should the EU take action against billionaires or the US to address climate change? I suppose they could impose sanctions, fines, or something to save EU lives?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or Guillitines. I’m good with that too.
robocall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Many people seem comfortable with bringing back guillotines, including me. It would be interesting to see the reaction.
Hell_nah_brother@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Lemme tell you man, i don’t think you can sound more impersonal and alien then you are doing now. Yes I would vote to do something about, yes. Maybe some hanging is required.
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
Yes, they should.
Trumo’s threat to impose new, higher, tariffs on EU for starting to legislate against US tech monopolies and support local startups show how it would go.
But better to put it forwards under the chicken taco and make headway, and then future US leaders (if any) would have to make open moves against environmental measures.
robocall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The EU could take steps towards less dependency of the US (and other continents for that matter)
starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Note that that “1%” isn’t just millionaires and billionaires. Anyone lower middle class and up in the Western world is part of that 1%. People mistakenly think the jet setters are the main polluters. Everyone who isn’t poor in the West is the main polluter.
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The main polluters aren’t people, they’re manufacturing industries.
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s not a theory that only you have lol. Concrete greatly increases the surrounding temperature. Solar panels also unfortunately greatly contribute to higher ambient and surface temperatures during the day, and make it colder at night. Big concrete cities with solar panels everywhere ironically make heatwaves worse.
www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40280-9