• EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    regulate billion dollar corporations and then over 99% of all pollution will stop.

    I’m not getting rid of my car, make billionaires and millionaires get rid of their private jets and make them stop dumping garbage into waterways

    • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      Sure, but those regulations have to be stuff like “no selling petroleum to people for their cars”. Are you ready for a carless world? I am. If you’re not ready, you might find yourself opposing the necessary regulation when the time does come to regulate.

      • Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        I don’t know why these discussion are often met with “if you’re not ready to lose your car you’re the problem” narrative.

        I might not be ready to lose my car but I sure as hell am ready to lose coal based electricity, the military complex, single use plastic, billionaire who prefer to let a train derail than spend money on regulations, and a shit ton other things that wouldn’t even affect my day to day life other than make it safer.

        • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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          4 months ago

          That’s great, but EmperorHenry said regulation would stop 99% of emissions. I can assure you that personal vehicles and animal agriculture represent more than 1% of emissions. If we’re talking about a 20%, 50%, maybe even 70% reduction, then your argument is fine. But we need a 100% reduction in order to save the species. I’m ready for 100%, are you?

    • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      It’s a recurrent theme in the history of the world you know, thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of millions of species killed, never to be seen again.

      No species ever lasts that long.

            • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              4 months ago

              Why does the cow shark description say it’s unique in having six and sometimes seven gill slits compared to all other sharks having five. Then the frilled shark says it has six gill slits.

              • lunarul@lemmy.world
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                4 months ago

                They’re both part of the Hexanchiformes order, which are seven gill sharks. So the cow shark article is wrong, there are two surviving families with more than five gills.

                • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  4 months ago

                  Thank you, I typically default to assuming I don’t understand or I’m confused when reading up things outside of my wheelhouse. I enjoyed reading up on the sharks you shared! I was trying to decide which one I would want to be if I could decide while laying in bed this morning. Felt silly but fuck it, I’m old, it’s nice to dream.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    We’re actually going through the 6th mass extinction right now, so actually we are kinda killing most everything on the planet, not just us.

    We should want to preserve that. Unfortunately a handful of old rich dudes don’t care.