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Originally Posted by August
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Originally Posted by Bewolf
This is not so much about individual behaviour, though I do ride to work on my bycyle and use the car only for long distances, just for the record. Both have the added benefit of health and costs, which actually were my prime goals in this, the environmental effect beeing a bonus. I also live in an apartment with triple layered glass windows and redone temperature isolation, both greatly reducing energy requirements and costs.
But unless it's done on a nationwide oder even international level, this won't achive a lot. Now ppl won't invest anything for purely environmental issues. For that ppl are too greedy in general, which is understandable to a degree. But folks have to realize these measures actually create new industries, thus new jobs and wealth.
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No, people don't want to invest in ill thought out knee jerk reactionary measures which have no chance of accomplishing their stated objectives.
Triple layered windows and improved insulation will help drive an individuals costs down and that's a great thing, but as long as world population keeps increasing it will quickly outstrip any cost saving effort.
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Look, you have an attitude of "why should I do something, I can't change anything anyways". That is the attitude I have isues with.
If you want to look at it this way, then it's your choice, but I prefer to act and support those that act.
Besides, the west, with only a fraction of the worlds population, is reponsible for nearly half the worlds pollution, especially when it comes to carbon dioxide. That does not go together with your overpopulation theory, which is indeed a problem, but goes into a different direction.