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Maybe people want to take it as cynicism but I think you are factually correct that personal cooling, infectious disease, atypical weather and fire breaks are a
by potatoking 25d ago
Maybe people want to take it as cynicism but I think you are factually correct that personal cooling, infectious disease, atypical weather and fire breaks are all more realistic topics for people too young to already have patents, connections or their own oil well.
- rchaud 24d ago35 years ago, the enormously popular animated series Captain Planet taught kids about protecting the ozone layer, using biodegradable materials and renewable energy. Absolutely none of that mattered in the long run because capital markets think environmental destruction is a small price to pay as long as some people get rich. What kids learn about personal cooling tech and what not won't matter when the supply of the raw materials required to make them is reserved for some VC-funded trillion-dollar 'startup' trying to synthesize an undetectable chemical weapon to get past the bureaucratic red tape of international treaties.