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Four alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

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Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low Antarctic ice. We’re only halfway through 2023 and so many climate records are being broken.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It is not how capitalism works. At first individuals should start prefer local production track and production of more green companies. And only after that corporations change their politics. For example, there is a yearly rating of green electronics (how many green electricity company uses, how clean production is, etc.) but customers do not care. And if customers do not care and by why corporations should care?

[–] Rumblestiltskin 4 points 2 years ago

Capitalism also works to keep prices as high as possible and wages as low as possible leaving most of the population not in a position to make ethical desicions over affordability decisions.

[–] ImplyingImplications 2 points 2 years ago

At first individuals should start prefer local production track

Let me just buy a locally sourced phone from the local farmers market! Hmm while I'm at it I'll switch my power supplier to one that uses renewable energy instead of a coal fired power plant! And for my business trip I think I'll fly on magic carpet!

Wow! Pollution and global climate change really is the fault of selfish individuals and not unregulated capitalist as I initially thought!