RustyEarthfire
@RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world
- Comment on I'm doing my part 5 days ago:
how is focusing on some of the companies that pump oil out of the ground going to change power generation or transportation?
Simple, if they realise their products aren’t as profitable anymore they will invest more into green energy that is not taxed as heavily.
You’ve answered the opposite of the question that I asked. Which underscores my point – the consumer change drives the producer change, not the other way around.
Inflammation is a normal bodily response to a parasite.
And it is often counter-productive, even fatal. Pay attention to the response that you are getting – people aren’t about to take action; they are going to internally fester.
What inaction?
The inaction of useless discussion. Oh, here’s a meme blaming “corporations” for everything; I can see emissions dropping already.
Would that only be on the 57 largest entities?
Why would it have to be?
It wouldn’t. That’s my point. The list doesn’t matter.
I already said start at the top and work your way down.
As you just pointed out, there is no need for that; we can address the whole problem at once.
A lot of people simply don’t care
Of course, but what about the people who do? What will you encourage them to do?
It’s more effective to direct your efforts towards the root of the problem
It’s more effective to direct your efforts towards organization and action instead of blame.
We’ve already agreed that what needs to happen is carbon taxes, so let’s work toward that.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 5 days ago:
Well the sentence after that is rather critical. It’s not that 100% of humans have it, so who cares about animals; it’s that we have an enormous highly-scrutinized test population, and in general the impacts are mild to imperceptible. I’m not blowing off this concern; we need to keep studying it in humans and animals (and the results may be different!).
But right now there are scores of critical world issues that can be tangibly addressed. Asking people to make lifestyle changes for possibly zero meaningful impact is actually counterproductive.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 5 days ago:
While they knowingly have misinformed the end users about the impacts of their products
This is a different point and independent of production quantities. Yes, that should be punished, but that will serve to deter the next corporate coverup, not resolve the ones in the past.
State companies are just as accountable
My point about state companies is that they have completely different levers of control. Yes, they need to change, but how to get them to change is vastly different than a multinational.
we can completely stop using fossil fuels for power generation and travel over land
This is exactly my point – how is focusing on some of the companies that pump oil out of the ground going to change power generation or transportation?
Who ever said we should just have a stern conversation with them
What I’m pointing out is that vague inflammatory language like “taking on” the big bad 57 companies doesn’t actually suggest any action. Rather it provides an easy scapegoat and excuse for inaction.
The EU for example can impose restrictions, rules and taxes.
100% agree. Would that only be on the 57 largest entities?
I don’t think we’ve disagreed about a single actual action that should be taken, so this basically breaks down to rhetoric. Setting aside the statement’s veracity, do you think saying “80% of emissions come from megacorporations” drives people toward seeking solutions? Does it stimulate discussion about carbon taxes and regulations? Does it make people think about taking more efficient transport or pushing for solar generation in their area (or getting their own panels)?
Or does it encourage people to self-righteously finger-wag and ignore any personal and community responsibility?
- Comment on I'm doing my part 5 days ago:
That doesn’t really get to the impact of the plastic. Something like 100% of humans have plastic in their blood. It’s there, but mostly it just seems to be inert. There are thousands of problems we are creating that we know are causing widespread extinctions. I’m not opposed to reducing plastic use, but forcing a major inconvenience for dubious results burns a lot of goodwill. That’s why this is a popular wedge issue for the right, even though it mostly affects liberal coastal cities.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 6 days ago:
It’s nonsense because there’s no way to read what you wrote and think it means anything other than a bunch of for-profit corporations are actually emitting that much CO2e. In reality they are just a link in the supply chain, and direct individual use is actually a huge part of emissions (making up the majority when indirect individual use is considered).
- State “companies” should be treated differently because they have different structures, motivations, scope, and controls
- It is not useful to focus on oil conglomerates because they are basically interchangeable. What is the behavior change you want from them? To all stop existing? To raise prices to discourage use? To collude into providing some correct amount of their product?
How do you imagine one would “take on” a corporation? “Hey Exxon, you’re bad for selling me gasoline. Stop doing that!”. If you think we should take them on by buying as little from them as possible, then I guess we agree there.
It can be difficult to control the incidence of a tax, but a carbon dividend should overall have a highly progressive effect.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 6 days ago:
the handful of megacorporations emitting 80% of all green house gases
That’s just nonsense.
- The top two providers in that list are the governments of USSR and China. They are not "megacorporations"
- It not a list of “emitters”. These entities are just “linked to” the emissions – i.e. they provided the fuel that someone else burned.
It’s completely ridiculous to say that it doesn’t matter that someone burns 1,000 gallons of fuel a day because a big company sold it to them.
Targetting individuals people or companies is useless. There’s over a billion co-contributers, not a handful. Systematic changes like a carbon tax are necessary.
- Comment on It's honestly fine, you're overthinking it! 1 week ago:
Well there’s some stuff on his Connextras
- Comment on Genius. 3 months ago:
Thus this custom of firing houses continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery, that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked… without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it.
From the 1888 A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig
Unfortunately the rest of it is pretty trash.
- Comment on Special K 1 year ago:
Strange things are afoot
- Comment on Photons 1 year ago:
Could have been worse:
lemmy.world/post/24169630 - Comment on bird flu 1 year ago:
Seems to mostly be called “Screaming Seagull” or “Inhaling Seagull”
- Comment on Frostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sell 1 year ago:
Haven’t played, but I found this (negative) review compelling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-Kd2BBpx8
He did play through the whole game.
- Comment on Glorious 1 year ago:
Roosevelt walked so Taft could waddle. Teddy Roosevelt in Civ 6
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Oh. Sorry about that.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Incidentally Equifax’s new slogan
- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 year ago:
He ate all DeBussy?
- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 year ago:
Really though, the level of imperialism apologizing I’ve seen has been pretty humorous on this platform. Like people will say with a straight face that we need to support our client state Israel to secure our regional interests.
Is this being federated from some platform other than Lemmy? Because I have literally never seen someone support that position here.
- Comment on Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool. 1 year ago:
Yeah, such a shameful lack of bigots’ POV.
- Comment on Well, Athens wasn't built in a day. 1 year ago:
Sisyphean Effort is actually a thing
- Comment on Free P-Values 1 year ago:
Is this p-hacking?
- Comment on Psychiatrists studied 400 movies to find the most realistic psychopath — Anton Chigurh of "No Country for Old Men" was the most realistic psychopath. 1 year ago:
Referenced study, from 2013, requires journal access: doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12359
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 1 year ago:
Surprised not to see any reference to the Arbitrary List of Popular Lights or !flashlight@lemmy.world.
One of the requirements to make it on the list is:
A user interface where a single click turns the light on in a reasonable mode, and another single click turns it off.
- Comment on Just So 1 year ago:
Yes, that is precisely what I was attempting to say. Thanks
- Comment on Just So 1 year ago:
The problem is there isn’t anything “useful” for understanding humans. Yes we can come up with plausible evolutionary justifications for behavior like cooperation, but they are basically untestable and useless for predictions.
- Comment on How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality. 1 year ago:
That assumes “you” are just the conscious part. If you accept the rest of your brain (and body) as part of “you”, then it’s a less dramatic divide.
- Comment on Bananas 1 year ago:
For anyone wondering, this doesn’t actually work, because the bananas will realize they are upside-down.
- Comment on Wine Pairings 1 year ago:
It’s a general rule of wine pairing that the wine should be sweeter than the food
- Comment on Birdwatching 2 years ago:
Industrial strength anthropic principle
- Comment on Explain yourselves, comp sci. 2 years ago:
- Comment on Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden 2 years ago:
I don’t think it’s fair to call Slay the Spire (StS) a clone. While Card Quest introduced a lot of the key elements years earlier, StS adds enough innovation that it feels like a totally different game. Definitely would be more fair to say StS popularized a lot of the mechanics rather than invented/pioneered them though.
