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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We do need action on all levels of society, and we need to be treating this as a crisis.

On a local level (in the UK) there are a lot more community and Council groups being setup to try and find solutions I would absolutely recommend attending those.

Other than that, ensure your pension is invested in green and eco investments and try to fly less (maybe even drive less).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pension, lol. I don't know how old you are, but I wouldn't count on pension in very few decades.

We would need to do much more than flying less, driving less and invest money. We would need to change the entirety of our lifestyles. And by now we probably need to have luck as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pensions are a very large overall current investment pot, so if we can shift that money into green ventures that would be advantageous.

But I agree we need to do a lot more, but outside of voting and contacting your representatives we need to get everyday people to make largest scale changes as soon as possible. But it does need to be more top down, governmental driven.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Christ. We need massive, global action. We need people in the west to commit to drastically lowering their carbon footprints, ideally by finding alternatives to gas powered cars and cars in general, and we need immediate action on geo-engineering. Atmospheric cloud dust, carbon capture, everything. We can't debate the ethics and morals forever. We just desperately need to start acting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, the time for debate and discussion are over. We just need people doing things and trying things on mass scale. I would highly recommend writing to your local representatives and ensuring they know it's an issue people do care about. We need change from the bottom up and top down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We need people in the west to commit to drastically lowering their carbon footprints

Aaaaaand you've succumbed to corporate propaganda. Carbon footprint is a term coined by BP marketing to shift blame to individuals instead of corporations so nothing would be done about it.

We need the GOVERNMENTS of the world to start drastically reducing corporate carbon footprints. Which will then force peoples' footprints down when the cheap high-carbon goods and services are no longer available.