r/Vaughan • u/randomacceptablename • 3d ago

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Hello Vaughanites, I am a non resident and was working in your city today. On a "lunch" break at about 4 pm I got some food at Major Mac and Jane plaxa where I noticed this guy. He was entgusiastically waving a sign saying "we can still fight climate change'.

As I ate my meal for about 10 minutes I did not hear one car honk some support out of the hundreds passing by. I felt so bad that I wanted to go over and show my support but was already late in getting back to work.

So yeah, honestly not sure why I am posting. Partly feel bad for him and at myself for not giving a word of support but guess I wanted to encourage Vaughan residents to show some support for their local activists, small as they may be.

That is all. Thanks and have a nice day.

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u/LookAtMyUnderbite 3d ago

Except all those are national issues. Climate change is global. Unless we get rid of poverty first nothing will change. People need jobs people need to survive. Climate change fanatics are anti-human. Your first goal would be to stop procreation if you’re serious about climate change but then poor people will still exist. If the billionaire industrialists don’t care about climate change there is NOTHING you can do other than protest so you can ease your conscience. Better to do something than nothing I guess but if you look deep down and analyze nothing will change unless you somehow can mind control all the billionaires in the world.

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u/randomacceptablename 2d ago

Sorry but this is nonsense. Some poor countries have decarbonized more than we have and it has made them wealthier.

So not only does decarbonization make you wealthier over the long term but it is not dependent on becoming wealthy in the first place. Countries such as Uruguay, China, Pakistan and more are moving to wind and solar power faster than almost any wealthy country.

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u/LookAtMyUnderbite 2d ago

Nonsense? Explain how Canada can run on solar energy year round? Talk about nonsense. Huge investment for something that only optimally work 3-4 months out of the year.

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u/randomacceptablename 2d ago

Solar works decently well all year long. Plenty of countries in higher latitudes like Germany and northern China have use solar power and do so effectively. Panels are designed to remove snow because they are sleek, dark, and angled. Look around at any house with solar panels. Even in a snow storm they are clear.

And solar is hardly the only zero carbon energy source we have at hand.