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The Climate Crisis Is Bigger Than Your Footprint | The climate crisis won’t be solved with lifestyle choices but through political pressure and bold collective action. (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

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[–] ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That, but without the leaded gasoline, CFCs and that era's pesticides please

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks ago

yeah we don't need to do the bad things just recognize that plastic everything has not really made things better.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 point 3 weeks ago

We could easily do that, btw

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[–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago

Even looking at per capita carbon emissions, the 70's were the peak for the US, Canada, UK, and Continental Europe.

We've made huge gains in efficiency in the past 50 years.

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