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Mosby

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26. You tried to tie emissions to population and that's less relevent

Reply to Celerity (Reply #24)

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 10:24 AM

Jul 2020

Than my "bang for the buck" metric.

The post that I responded to that you decided to insinuate yourself into stated:

The survival of all life on earth depends on what happens in November.

Which I think is a pretty asinine thing to say, but the notion that the US is somehow singularly responsible for most of the world problems is a common view these days. It's wrong.

Climate change is happening, regardless whether the US ever reaches zero emissions, and we can thank China et al for that.

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The rich are destroying the world [View all] I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 OP

Sounds Like What I've Been Saying All Along DanieRains Jul 2020 #1

Time to roast some Oligarchs Mopar151 Jul 2020 #2

They also consume a disproportionate amount of resources. captain queeg Jul 2020 #3

Yes, they are. Silver1 Jul 2020 #4

My parents always told me that greed is the root of all evil. It's a root that is now 42bambi Jul 2020 #5

Shit, we're gonna lose the planet! 2naSalit Jul 2020 #9

Whatever happened to storming the bastille? BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #6

That's a good idea for a day of action. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #10

It's impossible for humans to destroy the planet Kaleva Jul 2020 #7

Well, poeple need terms that are catchy... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #11

Humans have to modify conditions within the biosphere in order to ensure our long term survival, Kaleva Jul 2020 #12

Yes, they most certainly are. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #8

The gift economy comes to mind I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #13

THere are ways to do this but 2naSalit Jul 2020 #14

Yes I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #16

The two biggest polluters by far are china and india Mosby Jul 2020 #18

no, only China is bigger than the US, and it has far more people (4.36 times as many) Celerity Jul 2020 #20

If you go by per capita gdp, the us probably isnt even in the top ten Mosby Jul 2020 #21

so ironic you call my links (including a UN one) propaganda when you are trying to greenwash away Celerity Jul 2020 #22

Look at the chart Mosby Jul 2020 #23

China does NOT produce 10 times the CO2 the US does. Also, Celerity Jul 2020 #24

You tried to tie emissions to population and that's less relevent Mosby Jul 2020 #26

There's a reason why the bible warned against greed and why it was one of the seven deadly sins DSandra Jul 2020 #15

Capitalism I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #17

Every time. ...nt 2naSalit Jul 2020 #19

Defund the Rich! Dirty Socialist Jul 2020 #25