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minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down15·9 months agoA pro-environment candidate wouldn’t be able to fix this anyway. 2/3 of the world live in rapidly developing countries and without their cooperation, nothing the US does will matter.
minus-squareamzd@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoSomeone has to lead the way, why not the countries that got us into this pickle?
minus-squarelemmingrad@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoThe average westerner have order of magnitude more of a footprint than the average indian. Not to mention importations. But I agree, a truely pro-environment candidate would probably get assasinated. Energy quotas aren’t that popular.
A pro-environment candidate wouldn’t be able to fix this anyway. 2/3 of the world live in rapidly developing countries and without their cooperation, nothing the US does will matter.
Someone has to lead the way, why not the countries that got us into this pickle?
Gotta start somewhere.
The average westerner have order of magnitude more of a footprint than the average indian. Not to mention importations.
But I agree, a truely pro-environment candidate would probably get assasinated. Energy quotas aren’t that popular.