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It is very therapeutic to garden, though. (lemmy.today)

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[-] KidnappedByKitties@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A picture of emissions per capita

Notice how the US is among the largest polluters per capita by quite the margin.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Again that doesn't change shit. My point is that a nation is not a monolith.

You wouldn't make a statement like they did about a race, or a people from another country, so it isn't appropriate here either.

Edit It is simply untrue that all Americans "hate to help the world", and therefore that statement is bullshit.

[-] Belastend@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Are we calling out the qatari, bahraini and UAE assholes here aswell?

[-] KidnappedByKitties@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

I'm comfortable saying yes to that

[-] Belastend@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Based

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

Don't leave out Australia and Canada, since Australia is worse and Canada is next on the list after the USA.

Go ahead and tell everybody how Australia, USA, and Canada are such bad countries.

Meanwhile, with the freedom afforded to me as a land owner in the USA I work from home, harvest solar energy with solar panels to run my electronics, and am growing my own produce and eggs in a backyard farm. As an individual I'm probably doing more for the environment than most people reading this whole Lemmy post.

[-] KidnappedByKitties@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Lol. Check your privilege.

A. Do a carbon footprint analysis of your life, if it's above 2,5 tons coe/year you're a net burden on the planet. My country is as well, although considerably lower than the US.

B. It is possible for you to be a paragon of environmentalism and still live in a country with inefficient systems for water, infrastructure, zoning, industry and food production. Not to mention live in a culture of unsustainable lifestyle. Many Chinese or Indian persons are simply too poor to have a major impact on the environment, but their national industrial practices drive up the average pollution to levels comparable to the US (although still lower). Most US people aren't as poor, and also have shitty industry standards, and also the means to change that without losing your standing internationally.

C. Multiple countries are shitty, in fact most of the non-developing world countries are a net burden.

D. As opposed to the other countries at the top, the US has had the economy, data, and access to resources to be able to something about it for generations, whereas most have had half the time and considerable need of modernising.

E. The US is much larger than the other countries, and could with quite simple measures make great impact and help pressure other great polluters.