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15421116 No.15421116 [Reply] [Original]

If people stopped wasting their money on products they didn't need, could we finally save the planet from climate change?

>> No.15421141

no
Jevons Paradox means reduced consumption would reduce resource pressure which would cause population increase -> more consumption

>> No.15421181

If you ever took financial advice from a fucking screen, you deserve to be poor.

>> No.15421182

>>15421141
Globohomo has successfully broken the paradox by making being a mother and housewife something to be ashamed of.

Rich countries have <2 fertility rate not for a lack of resources.

>> No.15421184

Consumerism is only part of the problem. Prices would have to be forced to reflect the actual cost of changing the composition of the atmosphere. But you'd have to figure out what that is, for one thing.

>> No.15421274
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15421274

global warming isn't occurring, its a made up, fake problem

>> No.15421714

>>15421274
/thread

>> No.15421752
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15421752

There's a reason why thirdies have the smallest carbon footprint.

>> No.15421754

>>15421116
If he kills himself, he will never see me pour out my hate on his people.

>> No.15422124

>>15421116
Yes