that's obvious

Since they are easily able to hide their motives (and even their actions) by outright secrecy or by framing their actions in a misleading way, there is no way to assure that the wrong people do not gain the ability to dictate policy, leaving us with only one viable option - have *no one* dictating policy in the broad scope. Then individual groups may seek out environmental misdeeds, prove them, and act by boycott or direct action to stop them without being roadblocked by enforcement of policies that favor the transgressor.

If you follow the money behind Democrat Politicians, the solar company and wind pay very well with their pockets

cant blame republicans if they want to go solar and wind if the companies are pocketing them as well

I don’t understand the last statement.

Republicans will support solar and wind power

if companies will pay them

but they dont

because it's more expensive to pay a republican on something against their constituent's beliefs than a democrat

unless you ever have a republican incumbent politician in a democrat state

then you might see that republican being a little more democrat

Gotcha. Well, this is what happens when we try to abdicate personal responsibility. We don’t want to deal with the problems of our world ourselves, so we make it somebody else’s job; and the power implicit in that job doesn’t draw people who want to help humanity, it draws people who want to wield that power for personal benefit.

If it benefits them more to harm humanity, then that’s what they’ll do. That will *always* be the case, and thus by making voting our only act of influence, we’ve made ourselves impotent in effecting the change *we* want to see, and unwitting power supplies for the agendas of unscrupulous misanthropes.

"Bottled Water Ban" - Should Bottled Water Be Banned?

No, especially when you can reuse those bottles

Solar radiation managment is a scam for $ and to keep solar from taking over

@beyond_gravity Are you asking if people have the right to use violence against others for drinking bottled water? Wow. And we call these ideas “solutions”?

I think the best way to help the climate is to 1) tax oil companies. they have known the harmful effects of oil long before anyone else knew but didnt care, they should pay for the damages they cause yearly. 2) stop subsidizing animal agriculture. the leading cause of climate change and arguably the hardest to fight. 3) ban single use plastic or make it cost something, take away its convenience, 4) use sustainable farming practices. No more monofarming and gmo's that exist only to take on more chemicals. 5) encourage biking over driving. Maybe do a tax cut to people that biked more or for people that get rid of their car or make bikes the more convenient objects to use on the roads. 6) stop fast fashion.

but arguably the best thing anyone any single person can do is 1 very simple easy thing

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to reduce their consumerism.

aka reduce their meat consumption, reduce the amount of clothing they purchase, reduce the amount of plastic they purchase including plastic wrapped items, reduce the amount of energy they use cooling or heating their house, etc.

Ironic

What science tells human to do is not hit our maximum potential

But limit ourselves instead

Perhaps Nietzsche was right, science is just a religion

After all it limits us

@Techpriest everything has a limit

some limits are short and easy to see others are long and even not possible to see in your lifespan

Just like my DIK

damn dude

on the short side or the long side tho 🤔

U know it long

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Which is why you push to the limit

Not let the limit limit you

If we continue polluting the Earth yet fix it without limiting ourselves

Then we have successfully mastered terraforming

Should we all convert to green energy as of now?

Ofc not

But 2010s green energy is more efficient than 2000s green energy