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The memes of the climate

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The climate of the memes of the climate!

Planet is on fire!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is it on its way to save us though? Sure the global north might be able to escape the worst and maintain some semblance of normality but how does that work for the remaining 90% of the world? Those that can neither afford nor have the time to wait until the "green energy revolution" reaches them? Do we just accept they'll never be able to reap the benefits of their own exploitation?

I know you don't have the answers but these are questions we nees to grapple with that nobody seems to know how to answer..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

A lot of places in the global south are already using solar and wind because it's cheaper than trying to get on the oil competition, cheap Chinese solar is increasing this. What would really help is western governments investing in designing open source solutions that make staying off oil easier but apparently the only thing that matters to us is short term profits

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

No we don't need to accept that, they can be better off by the end of this century than we are now.