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I thought with the explosion of electric power and windmills and the electric vehicle boom, fossil fuels would not be required..

Yet, a lot of countries still generate coal and other fossil fuels, is it because there is still filthy amounts of profit there to be made? Maybe they are just so used to it they don't wanna swap to another resource?

I thought with Solar panels being massively produced, it would sell like hot cakes and you're literally having the power of the sun in your hand.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ships can use sail.

Also, we don't really need this much consumption.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know how many ships are needed to transport the thousands of components in the vast supply chain of computer chips? its a lot

If shiping slows down, computer chips become more expensive. And the whole world relies on them for everything. That includes you.

i really doubt sail powered ships are as fast as oil powered ones

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good. I want less consumerism. I know it will effect me, but I already do my best to minimize my impact. Hearing the whines up materialistic shits will only make it better.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

do you realize that if shiping became vastly more expensive then fertilizers will become more expensive and then so will food?? not to mention how much more expensive meds would get

the whole world relies on this, and its not just about consumerism

also no avocados if no shiping

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

Guess we better just ship fertilizers instead of tvs and phones.

Also, there are concepts for sailing cargo vessels

Also, we could make nuclear cargo vessels.

Saying we have to use bunker fuel to maintain our current life style or that we need to maintain current life style is just a lack of creativity and buys into the dogshit status quo that capitalism has trained into you. We've know about climate change for over a hundred years and every time anyone suggests doing anything about it, the cudgel of "whAT aBout tHe eCoNOmy!" gets brought up. I don't care anymore. I don't care about your pretty little life style. I don't care about your 401k plan. I just don't care.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You really want me to care about your convinces when you don't care about the ecosystem?

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah. actually I do care about the ecosystem but I don't think messing up everything is the best way of fixing stuff. I'd much rather electric trains carry the bulk of transportation than simply stopping all transportation

if you want to 'save the world' while stopping

  • chip manufacture
  • the internet (because the world needs new chips often)
  • Lemmy (because no internet)
  • food (because less agriculture from other countries) <-- which we all want (no shipping = no avocados, no Indian spices)
  • medicine <-- which we need
  • the majority of jobs <-- which we really need

then go and try, but don't be surprised when no one is in favor of your insane plan

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

ah yes, the insane plan of consuming less.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you clearly didn't read the part of what I wrote where I mentioned medicine

this would kill people 🤦

or do you want the internet to disappear because no chips are being made? you don't want Lemmy to exist? wow

and at the same time you would want to cost everyone their jobs?

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
  1. Clearly you didn't read the part where I mentioned nuclear powered cargo ships.

  2. I like how you're putting more emphasis on jobs then medicine. I wonder where you're getting your proprieties from.

  3. If you want people to carefully read your whole post, maybe you should carefully use proper grammar. If you're going to write an essay, at least use proper punctuation.

  4. I don't expect anyone to follow any plan. I expect them to do the same thing they did through covid. Make the most selfish, self-centered discussions and cause the most unnecessary amount of suffering.