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America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era

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150 points pmags | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 12:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mathieuh ◴[10 Apr 25 13:16 UTC] No.43643464[source]▶
One argument which I find profoundly stupid is the "well it doesn't matter what we do, look at China". In reality doing things more cleanly can make a huge difference to your local environment. Do you want to live right next to a coal-fired power plant just because that's what they do in China? Do you want to walk past roads clogged with dirty, polluting cars?
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1. ffsm8 ◴[10 Apr 25 15:36 UTC] No.43644989[source]▶
That's my biggest peave wrt climate change...

Why do they keep trying the doomsday messaging?

Its too far into the future, hence irrelevant for most current consumers. And even if they thought it relevant, if you take it at face value: whatever you're doing won't solve the issue anyway, because it's a global issue.

The messaging has to go back to local effects. Literally everything you should do for the climate has a lot of positive effects short term... I e. don't try to outlaw ICE vehicles in cities because of climate... Massively tax them because the they reduce the air quality and cause noise pollution