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[-] FranklinsBeard@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I'm not changing my diet just so the rich can keep polluting more than I ever will in my lifetime

[-] blazera@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Dont sell yourself short, you pollute way more than you think.

[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

When cruise ships stop, then I'll make changes like this.

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Cruise ships make up such a tiny percentage of overall emissions. They're horrible on a individual level, but there just aren't that many of them compared to other sources.

Meat production on the other hand makes up something like 17-18% of ALL global GHG emissions.

[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I heard cruise ships and freighters are the biggest offenders. Nearly 40-50% of emissions.

[-] lightstream@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Throwing freighters in there like that is a bit sneaky lol The amount of freighter traffic must dwarf that of cruise ships. Anyway, people on cruise ships are mostly not particularly rich. They're pretty much just water-borne holiday camps.

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You heard wrong.

[-] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

Each of us has an individual responsibility to making the world a better place and apathetic inaction like this is what allows the rich to flourish. You have more power than you think.

[-] nickbrum@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

But you will have a shorter life span and that will make up for it

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