And to Russ Mitchell's point, if you're getting an because it's a fancy new toy, perhaps reconsider your why, as and go hand in hand with the .

But also, as I hear again and again from climate scientists, we must stop burning fossil fuels. The burning is our biggest problem.

Do EVs still get power from fossil fuel-run plants? Yup. But that will soon change.

There's no perfect . But a used or rented EV is a great place to start.

#ev #consumption #Affluence #climateemergency #climatesolution

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Nuki, Literitista Erotique · @tanuki
146 followers · 1551 posts · Server yiff.life

This next part is a cognitohazard that Philosophy Grads argue about, so don't worry about it: it's just a dude's opinion.

So fast forward like 2500 years, to the 1970s, where , one of the major philosophers of our time, wrote an infamous paper called ", , And " in which he proposed that it was wrong to partake in luxuries, or in general to spend money that you didn't need to spend, was LITERALLY EVIL, because you should be getting that money to charities like UNICEF to fight starvation in the third world. This, he argued, was choosing mild comforts over the lives of others, and that our society is fundamentally flawed for considering charity to be a nice thing when chooses to do and not a moral obligation.

There are a few problems with the notion, including the one we throw at and his crime-cult, lack of Systemic awareness, but the underlying ideas are sound enough that it's a valid argument.

#petersinger #ethics #famine #Affluence #morality #bostron #effectivealtruism

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Jussi T Eronen · @Jussi_T_Eronen
814 followers · 464 posts · Server mstdn.social

This. "a growing body of work suggests that a “polluting elite” of those on the highest incomes globally are vastly outweighing the emissions of the poor."

Note that it is sufficient to have $100 000 annual income to be in the "global elite".. meaning there are plenty of people in Europe and Finland who are part of it without realising it...
1/n

"theguardian.com/environment/20"

#inequality #Environment #Affluence #ClimateChange

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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ · @dredmorbius
2070 followers · 14629 posts · Server toot.cat

Solar Power: Abundant or not?

So, yes, "as much raw incident sunlight falls on the Earth in 1 hour as all of humanity uses in 1 year."

Sounds like a lot. About a 7,000-times surplus.

But when you start doing the maths, it turns out that 1) the amount of usable sunlight is far, far lower (about 100 -- 200x present human energy usage) and 2) baked-in assumptions of human energy consumption growth based just on population growth and a modest levelling-up for the global poor chews up about 1/5 of that surplus.

More depressing truth/reality here:

joindiaspora.com/posts/f9899b6

And no, the message isn't that renewables aren't realistic. It's that our expectations aren't.

#energy #solar #solarpower #DoTheMaths #population #Affluence #renewables #limits #limitstogrowth

Last updated 3 years ago

O=C=O · @tuxom
1843 followers · 8902 posts · Server mastodon.social

Scientists’ warning on affluence

Worldwide growth in has continuously increased resource use and pollutant far more rapidly than these have been reduced through better . The affluent citizens of the world are responsible for most and are central to any future prospect of retreating.

PDF
nature.com/articles/s41467-020

nature.com/articles/s41467-020


Thx @silmathoron

#technology #Affluence #emissions #environmental #impacts #climatecrisis #capitalism

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