LiamMayfair

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The problem with your viewpoint is that it's little more than a thought experiment. Realistically, you will never get all 8 billion people who inhabit this planet to make the necessary lifestyle changes needed to combat climate change.

https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors

This one throws has some good figures: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-overview

Sources we could attribute to individuals:

  • Transportation (15%): including public transport
  • Buildings (6%): this includes energy usage and waste

In total, 21%. Even if we said that's still a 21% we could do something about, besides switching to a green energy provider and using an EV instead of diesel cars (which is a good move though sourcing the Lithium-Ion batteries these EVs is a big problem in and of itself), what else is there for the average Joe to do? Companies and governments should give individuals the option to lead a sustainable lifestyle. At the moment, the reality is the options simply do not exist or are so expensive that are out of reach for the vast majority of consumers.

On the other hand, we have industrial and public usage...

  • Electricity and heat production (non-residential), which was (as of 2019) the leading source of global carbon emissions, accounting for 34% of the total emissions.
  • Industry (24%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, etc. (22%)

That's a staggering 80% altogether.

You ever heard of the Pareto principle? It says that 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. In this case, 80% of the emissions come from a minority of people (industry, corporations, etc.).

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 days ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

Someone said to me once "Relax! Nothing is under control."

Worry about what you can control —which is very little, especially when facing a world crisis like climate change— and accept what you can't.

The people who should be fixing this mess are not you or I. It's the big corporations and the Governments that should regulate them through robust, uncompromising climate policies. Vote for Governments with honest, solid climate agendas.

Other than that, contributions from individuals like you and I are but a drop in the boiling ocean of global warming. By all means, keep doing what you're doing. It certainly doesn't hurt to lead a more sustainable lifestyle but don't feel bad if you don't do everything you're supposed to do. Don't let the real culprits here gaslight you into thinking otherwise.

Again, if you're worried more about your mental health than the problem itself at this stage, it's ok to feel that way. Many of us do. But the best advice I can give you is to just accept there's nothing you can really do about the situation. Whatever happens, happens. Easier said than done, I know, but once you "learn" to accept this fact, your anxiety will drop right down.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Try this engine

https://search.marginalia.nu/

Or a SearXNG instance

https://search.disroot.org/search

You may also be interested in the Indie Web movement. This site is a great resource for it, with yet more links to indie sites and blogs.

Finally, not quite what you asked but here's a freebie, in case you didn't know about it:

https://wiby.me/

It's an old web search engine. It only indexes pages from the 00s and earlier.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not even that, the author just uses WINE.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

1998 is the superior one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Look up the Firefox Containers extension.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If I had to replace my Linux laptop right now, I'd probably go for a ThinkPad T14 AMD. They also sell them with Snapdragon ARM chips now, which is a very interesting option, though I'm not sure how viable as a daily driver.

You could run Linux on it with no issue ofc, but I wonder how good the support for ARM arch from common Linux software is nowadays...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

This makes sense. HOWEVER. That's not really what's happening here now, is it?

I find it mildly upsetting, to say the least, that if Ted Bundy or had decided to run for president for shitz and gigglez, they could've totally done it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Kamala Harris is the obvious candidate from the Democrat side. The real question is, will she manage to catch up to Trump?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I love it when real news report headlines sound like an article from The Onion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

MediEvil. The original, not the remake of course.

 

With evidence mounting on the failure to limit global warming to 1.5C, do you think global carbon emissions will be low enough by 2050 to at least avoid the most catastrophic climate change doomsday scenarios forecast by the turn of the century?

I am somewhat hopeful most developed countries will get there but I wonder if developing countries will have the ability and inclination to buy into it as well.

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