The top 1% pollutes more than the bottom 60%, if we want to tackle climate, it isnt with paper bags and EVs.
Climate change is a problem only for the poor.
Andrejfsantos on
What bothers me is that most people want other people to make changes , but not on themselves, and this is proven be consumption. Also we export the emissions to others countries and then import the products, making it overall worse due to less regulation on others countries plus transport.
MacBareth on
What ? The late-capitalistic neo-liberal lobbied-to-death crooked politicians don’t have the public trust about climate change ? How could that be !
NekkidApe on
How could they – it’s wildly unpopular. It requires drastic and costly measures, something diametrally opposed to a successful political career.
postmodernist1987 on
Is this about Swiss politicians?
Trump’s new ‘drill baby drill’ policy is estimated to create 4 billion tonnes of additional CO2 by 2030 (5 years from taking office). [https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/co2-emissions-trump-biden-scenarios](https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/co2-emissions-trump-biden-scenarios) In 2023, there were just under 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emmitted globally. [https://www.iea.org/reports/co2-emissions-in-2023/executive-summary](https://www.iea.org/reports/co2-emissions-in-2023/executive-summary) So that means that Trump’s new policy will increase global CO2 emmissions by about 2% per year (equivalent to 2 additional Switzerlands) just because of this one policy.
Of course this is a rough estimate and the real numbers will be different but it gives an impression on how policy decisions made in Switzerland and our own behavior have negligible effect compared to highly polluting countries like the USA and high population countries like India and China. We are too small to make any difference.
billcube on
We wouldn’t vote for a someone speaking the truth and promoting restrictive policies. Business as usual and “trust me bro” are much more marketable.
cryptoislife_k on
They can’t even deal with normal problems that seem solvable… call me shocked
Fickle-Isopod6855 on
As sad as it is, I find it obvious that effective action against climate change—or rather its effects—will only occur when directly enforced by Mother Nature.
ItWasTalent on
Switzerland is already producing 80% of its energy from renewables while only 1% comes from fossil fuels.
Switzerland produces around 4 tons of CO2 per capita, half of China and less than a third of the USA. Pretty good for such a densely populated and developed country.
But the doomsayers and extremists will never stop complaining, unless the last humans disappear from earth and the CO2 output is zero. You can‘t argue with these people, it will NEVER be enough, no matter how much a country tries to reduce its emissions.
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Paying taxes doesnt fix anything.
The top 1% pollutes more than the bottom 60%, if we want to tackle climate, it isnt with paper bags and EVs.
Climate change is a problem only for the poor.
What bothers me is that most people want other people to make changes , but not on themselves, and this is proven be consumption. Also we export the emissions to others countries and then import the products, making it overall worse due to less regulation on others countries plus transport.
What ? The late-capitalistic neo-liberal lobbied-to-death crooked politicians don’t have the public trust about climate change ? How could that be !
How could they – it’s wildly unpopular. It requires drastic and costly measures, something diametrally opposed to a successful political career.
Is this about Swiss politicians?
Trump’s new ‘drill baby drill’ policy is estimated to create 4 billion tonnes of additional CO2 by 2030 (5 years from taking office). [https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/co2-emissions-trump-biden-scenarios](https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/co2-emissions-trump-biden-scenarios) In 2023, there were just under 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emmitted globally. [https://www.iea.org/reports/co2-emissions-in-2023/executive-summary](https://www.iea.org/reports/co2-emissions-in-2023/executive-summary) So that means that Trump’s new policy will increase global CO2 emmissions by about 2% per year (equivalent to 2 additional Switzerlands) just because of this one policy.
Of course this is a rough estimate and the real numbers will be different but it gives an impression on how policy decisions made in Switzerland and our own behavior have negligible effect compared to highly polluting countries like the USA and high population countries like India and China. We are too small to make any difference.
We wouldn’t vote for a someone speaking the truth and promoting restrictive policies. Business as usual and “trust me bro” are much more marketable.
They can’t even deal with normal problems that seem solvable… call me shocked
As sad as it is, I find it obvious that effective action against climate change—or rather its effects—will only occur when directly enforced by Mother Nature.
Switzerland is already producing 80% of its energy from renewables while only 1% comes from fossil fuels.
https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-97643.html#:~:text=In%20der%20Schweiz%20wird%20Strom,produziert%20(%3D%20Schweizer%20Produktionsmix%202022).
Switzerland produces around 4 tons of CO2 per capita, half of China and less than a third of the USA. Pretty good for such a densely populated and developed country.
https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/
But the doomsayers and extremists will never stop complaining, unless the last humans disappear from earth and the CO2 output is zero. You can‘t argue with these people, it will NEVER be enough, no matter how much a country tries to reduce its emissions.