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Originally Posted by Azure
Over consumption is the problem!
Away with the fossil fuels!
Stop driving 3 cars!
Stop eating steak!
And we wonder why nothing changes.
In this thread and countless others, 100s of examples have been shared where we could make massive change in a short period of time, without necessarily affecting how people live.
As long as we continue to bicker around over how much stuff everyone has, nothing will ever change.
And I say that as someone who is just as disgusted with people who always want the latest, greatest and best thing to come out. I just think there are better ways to fix the problem.
Like, moving to CLT construction in a big way. But, lets continue talking about how much steak our neighbors are eating.
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I'm not talking about changes on the individual level, I'm talking about changes on the government policy level. Things like carbon pricing, ending fossil fuel subsidies, and making larger investments into clean energy are no brainers, yet governments keep dragging their heels on those things. That's where my frustration comes from.
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I agree with some of your points - but I don't think there is much correlation between wealth and population growth.
Its not like China and the US are seeing huge population growth.
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Humanity has taken hundreds of thousands of years to reach a population of 1B, 100 years after that to reach 2B, 35 years after that to reach 3B, and has ballooned to 7.9B in the 60 years since then, was my point.