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i'll wager, from an armchair mind you, that this is because decrepeit Scrooges see it as a plus that the people from the regions most affected as "lesser people", while also holding on to money and ensuring states militarize to defend that money from increasingly pissed of people.

so TLDR ig racist old dudes appreciating what fascism does for 'em.

this is just an armchair assessment fron me though. why is fossil fuel still being used?

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 days ago (10 children)

two big reasons:

  • we don't have replacement energy sources at scale (this is of course party caused by inflated demand eg. data centers, always-on electronics)

  • energy production is heavily subsidized in that so-called external costs are paid by the public instead of the companies

Until we can both reduce demand and increase supply, while also making corporations pay the cost of the pollution they produce, we're stuck with this shit.

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (9 children)

okay so shut down AI datacenters (reduce demand)

and smuggle in the cheap chinese solar panels just sitting in storage (increase supply)

[–] Eggymatrix@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Eggymatrix@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I mean, this is the real world not a videogame, how can someone think to "just shut down" an entire industry segment? We are in free market capitalism, and unless they also suggest to "just shift to autochratic communnism" this ain't going to happen.

After the kind of good question such a response threw me off

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social -1 points 2 days ago

yeah. i am just burnt out from being online - on & off since the last decade - and am missing critical discussion in my local area. i would grow from dispelling issues with my take or you sharing your take on the topic. mutual antagonism is always detrimental.

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