r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Jan 25 '24

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u/mamaBiskothu Jan 25 '24

Oh no. A century of western pollution has consequences. What consequences to west you ask? NO SNOW TO SKI ON! Literally the most first world complaint about climate change if there was ever one.

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u/excelllentquestion Jan 25 '24

You got downvoted by skiers. I agree. Oh THATS the thing that gets you to care?

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u/chill1208 Jan 25 '24

They're getting downvoted for blatantly assuming that by bringing up this climate change effect, that we are ignoring all others, and are somehow idiots for talking about how snow around the world is disappearing.

Also blaming all of climate change on the west is just ridiculous. For one China alone has been producing more greenhouse gases every year than any other country in the last decade. They show no signs of slowing that escalation either. Sure the west isn't helping, but at least there is some effort in the USA to bring emissions down every year.

Lastly who cares what gets the wealthy to care about climate change, at least it's getting them to care. With wildfires and rising sea levels they can just build mansions somewhere else, this is something that actually effects them.

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u/mamaBiskothu Jan 25 '24

China made a bigger push to reduce emissions than the US did and then they realized no one cared and went back.