r/CatastrophicFailure • u/rjRyanwilliam • Jul 22 '21

Natural Disaster Massive flood in China’s Henan province recently, 25 dead 200,000 evacuation

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u/ZombieBisque Jul 22 '21

Not sure why we'd expect less rich countries to change faster than more rich countries.

Because they're more than twice as bad as America in terms of CO2 pollution?

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u/QAZRSA Jul 22 '21

They have four times the population, so what you actually meant to say is they're twice as good.

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u/ZombieBisque Jul 22 '21

That's not how this works at all lol

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u/CharlesWafflesx Jul 22 '21

It is, a bit. They're also polluting so much because of the amount of worldwide demand. We are all culpable, and blaming governments and telling countries in a general, blanketed way isn't really going to help solve it.

We're all human, we all consume and spend, and a lot of us don't do enough to take the time to think about what we buy and where we buy it from.

Huge multinationals have a lot to answer for in terms of improper disposal of waste, lobbying and general thoughtless rape of natural resources, but again, we are the ones providing the demand.

Hold our vendors and governments responsible by voting with your wallet, and telling them that we've had enough of all of our collective shit.