• andyburke@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Sorry, but this is such fatalistic bs.

    So much has changed.

    I remember acid rain.
    I remember leaded gas.
    I remember 12mpg cars.
    I remember the photos of terrible brown smog floating over Los Angeles.
    I remember before anyone had a recycling bin.
    I remember…

    The list goes on. And I’m only a handful of decades old.

    Can we do more? Yes.
    Should we do more? Absolutely.
    Are more people aware of that than ever before? Yes.

    Humans have technologied their way out of so much shit, I am not ready to give up on us yet.

    • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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      1 year ago

      I remember acid rain.

      Still happens just in 3rd world countries.

      I remember leaded gas.

      Which didn’t get fixed until an act of congress.

      I remember 12mpg cars.

      Marginal increases in technology are not to be celebrated when the medium of consumption is still a greenhouse gas.

      I remember the photos of terrible brown smog floating over Los Angeles.

      Those still exist just in 3rd world countries.

      I remember before anyone had a recycling bin.

      Recycling that does nothing???

      I remember…

      Yeah me too – and shit’s still absolutely fucked.