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Climate Summit (thelemmy.club)
submitted 15 hours ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11479731

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[–] 0 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I'm curious why you see my comment as a defense of shareholders?

The beneficiaries of faster transportation, abundant food, and vast material wealth are the consumers. The shareholders only benefit indirectly in that they can take their money and consume goods and services that others have produced.

That's a tradeoff that happens no matter what economic system we choose. I'm also not even suggesting that we pull back on addressing climate change; I'm saying that this is an ineffective way to advocate for it.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago

    Youre presupposing that were losing something by cleaning up the environment. As if we cant invest in a cleaner environment the same way we spent money of the other things that made the pollution. Its absolutely possible to have all these things.

    The point is that we are ALREADY paying more for living in a polluted world than a clean one. Pollution causes so many widespread health problems that we'd make that money back on healthcare costs alone.

    Thats what makes this environment discussion so nonsensical. We dont even have to address climate change to get a return on our investment in cleaning up the world.

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