No one cares about West Texas, it's about the 33 million tons of carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere and warming the world.

Reminder that the USA are the country that historically burned the most fossil fuels, the world's largest extractor of oil, the only country trying to do a 180 on coal power.

Half of the world has experienced unprecedented heatwaves that will become the norm in 2050.

Stop burning fossil fuels.

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measurablefunc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not possible, the system can't work w/o fossil fuels.

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mrpopo 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At the very least stop burning 3x more fossil fuels than the world average. Or stop your president from buying out renewable energy projects in order to prop up coal and gas. Or stop blocking public transportation developments. Why does it look like no one is trying?

	▲	measurablefunc 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They're trying but mostly in service of increasing profits which requires burning more & not less. Telling people to use less resources is a non-starter.

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calgoo 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Please, yea it can, it just takes a full investment and outlawing of the fossil fuel industry that bribe everyone to say that its impossible.

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calgoo an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Can't answer comment so will answer here: electric delivery trucks are a thing... And it works well.

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measurablefunc an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The average grocery store food item travels more than 3k miles to reach its destination from the source. Let me know how you're going to make that work w/o diesel.

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WillAdams an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The solution to that would be "locavore":

https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-a-locavore-5118259

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worik an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

1. My food does not, why does yours

2. There are many alternatives to fossil diesel

3. The alternatives involved decentralised technology, so is actively opposed by entrenched interests who would burn the world for a dollar

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measurablefunc an hour ago | parent [-]

Because I live in a city w/ an unsustainable ecological footprint & so does basically the rest of the industrialized world.

	▲	ponector 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It does not explain why your food is travelling 3k miles. For sure you can buy food grown within 500 miles, not delivered from other hemisphere.

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Mistletoe 43 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Stop the system, everyone is miserable in it anyway.

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worik an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The system will not survive another decade burning fossil fuels.

	▲	measurablefunc an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The consequences are already baked in, the only question is how badly it will play out & who will get the short end of the stick.