• Throwaway@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    19
    ·
    1 year ago

    America is not the world. The rest of yall need to get off your fucking asses and do somethIng instead of letting America do it all for you.

    • fosiacat@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      you know the US is the biggest polluter in the world, right? in particular the US military.

        • hotair@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Two obvious things: China has 2-3 x the people. Maybe adjust to a per person basis? Or a per GDP ratio if you are so inclined. Also, most of the stuff for sale comes from China - so we just moved our emissions there. This is super hard to adjust for, but should be considered a bit.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Given where the piece was published, it was pretty clearly aimed at convincing Americans to act