It sucks when people are like "but flying is only 3% of global emissions" or "bitcoin is only 0.5%."

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malte@radikal.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:43:55 GMT

@MarkHoltom A better number is to measure how much of your individual emissions comes from flying - if you're flying (and especially if you're flying often). The proportions are crazy.

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ahanafrashid@social.vivaldi.net — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:13:16 GMT

@MarkHoltom I don't think corporations harm our environment in a decade as much as numerous oil field explosions do.

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tadbithuman@mastodon.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:02:20 GMT

@donhawkins @crankylinuxuser @bytes4life @MarkHoltom even worse.

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ehproque@neopaquita.es — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:00:44 GMT

@crankylinuxuser @bytes4life @MarkHoltom looks like that's relatively average; Now the average looks unnecessarily high!

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donhawkins@mastodon.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:57:25 GMT

@crankylinuxuser @tadbithuman @bytes4life @MarkHoltom Data Centers?

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sea1am@mastodon.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:50:01 GMT

@MarkHoltom

Leave rich people alone, they've suffered enough. Didn't you see the DOW dip below 50 thou?

They did their part when they bought Elons electric cars, give them a break man, they are saving the planet all by themselves.

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luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:48:30 GMT

@MarkHoltom Yet the run to be billionaire is still a widespread idealization, seeing how new and old media represent a distorted reality.
Ask the average youngster if they would go for a life in luxury, disregarding any ethical principle, and /maybe/ they'll answer no. But a few seconds later they'll be on their smartphones, following the influencers proposing that exact idea.
"Gutta cavat lapidem". And now it's a torrent.

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karlheinzhaslip@climatejustice.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:28:39 GMT

@MarkHoltom Every cruise missile hitting fossil fuel infrastructure should be celebrated, no matter if its in Iran, Qtar, Texas, Inner Mongolia or Siberia.

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cauzation@mastodon.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:07:38 GMT

@MarkHoltom Are we really at the point of having to directly replace these abusers, so future generation have just a 5% chance of survival, let alone thriving?..

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galacticstone@mastodon.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:06:29 GMT

@MarkHoltom 90% of commercial air travel is dumbasses flying for stupid selfish reasons. If you think you need to fly, you don't.

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crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:22:04 GMT

@bytes4life @MarkHoltom

"You took 2 minutes longer for your shower"

IS NOT COMPARABLE TO

"We are using 2 acre-feet per acre for 1000 acres for growing almonds in the motherfucking desert"

These sorts of comments above are what industrial plants use to forcibly sway public opinion.

https://www.c-win.org/cwin-water-blog/2024/9/23/water-and-agriculture-in-california

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crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:17:40 GMT

@MarkHoltom

But for shitty end-stage capitalist countries, its easier to tell the masses that THEIR showers, THEIR meat eating, and THEIR drinking straws and THEIR showers are the real issue.

Its a perversion and weaponization of democracy, where if 'only enough people made the right choices', while obviously ignoring the fact that those with massive amounts of money previously distort these choices.

Most of us know what needs done, but haven't the power to enforce it. And corruption in governments, along with loving billionaires, none of them are arsed to care.

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bytes4life@mastodon.gal — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:52 GMT

@MarkHoltom
Agree... but! meat super-industry and irresponsible home warm/cooling sums too.

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freedman@newsie.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:06:43 GMT

@MarkHoltom
Corporations and billionaires pollute the air and water. Consumers pollute the air and water. I pollute the air and water. You pollute the air and water.