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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

the balls needed to blow up the necessary pipelines are heavier than your mother

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Revolutionary Nordstream II ism

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd like to point out that "do what you can" doesn't even necessarily mean trying to prevent or impede climate change directly. It can also mean building community and providing comfort and protection from the worst effects of climate change to the people you care about.

Exactly, well said chad 💪

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’d classify myself as a “reluctant doomer”. I try to minimize my environmental impact and encourage others to do the same, but privately, I think we’re fucked. I act like my assumptions are wrong, though. I hope I am.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 5 points 22 hours ago

You should research, since this is an oil industry astroturfing lie that has taken hold and it is devastating as you can see. You may drop the doomer part and prevent the spread of misinformation as one of your environmental care tasks

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What if I’m both, I do everything possible but I know it’s futile and we’re fucked. All my efforts i make in my life can be undone by a billionaire on one weekend trip to Europe.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

I have hope in a bright future where the major petro states fully embrace libertarianism and obliterate their domestic productive capacity.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago

If the billionaires can do all that then it sounds like you need to redirect your efforts to building class consciousness and mass movements to collectively struggle against the billionaires so they aren't allowed to waste resources like that anymore.

[–] RideAgainstTheLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you were doing nothing you'd probably feel less fulfilled

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dunno, sometimes I wish I was alone in a cabin in the woods, just an oblivious apeman waiting out his days. It must be nice for those people who can just ignore it all

I also fantasise about this lol

At least you're doing your part

[–] YungOnions@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Doomerism is appealing because it tells you its ok not to bother and it speaks to the masochistic epistemology many of us are drawn to.

Reality is that it's like our clothes are slowly catching fire. We aren't getting away with just a singe at this point. We're currently looking at winding up naked in the hospital, but not like "medical coma" level if we do what we need to.

Thank you for the resources!

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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 26 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I planted 3 trees this week and have been making biochar in winter when fire restrictions are lifted.

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[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I've moved to stainless steel for basically everything. Including plates, bowels, cups, etc. So no more microplastics there at least. I've tried to find environmentally friendly soap and detergents where feasible.

I started cooking bulk slow cook meals at home to reduce waste in my food, i got energy efficient everything. My dishwasher, washing machine and dryer (heat pump dryer) are near the top of ESR. I installed solar ( self consumption not grid tie) and in the summer with my batteries can almost meet 100% of my power needs. Winter varies but can sometimes still offset 60% i also use heatpump hot water and room heating. All my lighting is custom high efficiency led strip lights running on the 48v if the solar batteries directly.

I drive a tiny smart fortwo which as far as I can tell is one of the least polluting non-hybrid vehicles the road, I would like to eventually get an electric car to compliment my solar but that's a purchase for later. I feel as though I've done all that I can do without unreasonably disrupting my life I just feel sad knowing that it's basically worthless in the grand scheme of how much companies are polluting

[–] 10001110101@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why stainless over cheap regular ceramic plates or drinking glasses?

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I decided part of reducing waste was getting myself something that's basically guaranteed to last me the rest of my life, I can use these dishes as footballs for a family football game or to practice my hacky sack throwing and never worry about them getting damaged.

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Did you do the math on environmental impact of, say 2-3 ceramic sets vs the impact of one stainless steel?

I'm completely ignorant on the energy/material costs of both, but I know the impact of steel/iron can be pretty big.

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[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

I just want people to go vegan because it's so easy, healthy and the right thing to do if you dare to look at it. Simply the most powerful powermove any random chad can do NOW.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Some of my fellow punks do not agree. They want this peaceful utopia for themselves, but not their fellow earthlings. Burning lush forests, polluting delicate ecosystems for feed, slitting throats in chains by the billions in factories of misery, exploitation and annihilation.
Every single one of you can end a tiny bit of this horror instantly. A true chad does what they can, until they like a taste too much.

Thank you Chad 💪💪💪

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm doing what I can, and encourage others to do the same cuz why not; but also under no illusion that our efforts are going to even delay our extinction by a meaningful amount.

We're at the mercy of some miracle-tier scientific breakthroughs, or literal divine/extraterrestrial intervention. There's a shred of hope in the former, but realistically, we're fucked.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Nah fuck off with all that. First of all, we won't become extinct. In the worst case scenarios we could lose a few billion over many years but that's hardly extinct. Secondly, we're not at the mercy of anything. We literally have the technology we need to make the changes we need right now, but the problem is that politicians are still in the pockets of Big Oil and other industries that will be interrupted. They push propaganda out to the gullible masses that eat it up because it makes them feel special and better than others. We need to change our politics (obviously).

Even with some miracle technology, actually especially with a miracle technology, there will be tons of pushback from Big Oil et al. because it'll slightly eat in to their profits. It's pretty much these "Dirty Dozen" wealthy elite that are causing the problems, and they need to be pushed back against hard

[–] sinceasdf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey now, we won't go extinct. Some of the ultra wealthy will likely survive in their bunkers! That's probably comforting right

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Oh they'll probably last a few years longer than the rest of us, but their bunkers will only keep em ticking until the AC unit breaks, or... y'know, the plants and algae on the surface die and stop producing O2 and their tanks run out.

The problem is your dooming inspires others to give up.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Your "realistical" conclusions are parroting oil industry astroturfing lies. We are not doomed because the research is made by them and they are unrelenting in their lobbying and sabotage. Trump destroyed movements and research and every swine with money will continue to sabotage progress on mother earth until we make them stop. Then it ends. Don't be a problem in this class war and choose sides

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Seems like a couple people here are missing the first sentence of my last post.

You don't need me to tell me to do the things - I'm doing the things just in case it turns out to actually make a difference. ...I'm just dead inside as I'm doing them, cuz I don't anticipate them making a difference. The info I'm 'parroting' is coming from institutions like NOAA.

So... do the things. All of us together, yea they add up, just anticipate that the thing they'll add up to is 2025 breaking more records. Then again in 2026. Etc - until that miracle tier scientific breakthrough comes. If it does, our efforts may give just enough of an edge for us to see our climate stabilize. If it doesn't, we're fucked.

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[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

Kierkegaard's knight of infinite resignation vs knight of faith

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