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		adrianN on July 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Need to Stop Pretending we can Limit Global War... To reach carbon neutrality we either need to stop burning fossil fuels, or reduce the population to zero. I know which is the more popular option.

throwaway5959 on July 10, 2022 [–]

Honestly for middle America, they’d rather reduce the population. Just not their population.

2143 on July 10, 2022 | [–]

Why is that?

throwaway5959 on July 10, 2022 | | [–]

Because ICE and big homes are part of their identity. If it wasn’t, they’d be driving electric cars and live in a city.

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