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Dianna Gunn@diannalgunn.bsky.social |
Things to do before we even *talk* about AC: Ban private jets Invest in public transit everywhere & reduce reliance on cars & therefore on gas Improve recycling infrastructure & force companies to use glass bottles for soft drinks Mind your own fucking business when folks are trying to survive
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Carcinization Station
@desmigeo.bsky.social
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Somebody, and I could dig up a link if necessary but it was a few months ago, did a report ranking the speed-to-implement, cost, and effectiveness in bringing down emissions. Bike infrastructure topped the list. There's a lot to do before scolding people for AC use.
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Nanotyrann
@nanotyrann.bsky.social
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And given "heat" correlates pretty well with "sunny" you can power air conditioning perfectly with the cheapest renewable energy, solar. As for the powerful GHGs that are used in air conditioning unity, those are being phased out already in favor of much less problematic substances, like propane.
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Mike Gianella
@mikegianella.bsky.social
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make SUVs illegal
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Cowb0t
@cowb0t.bsky.social
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Also update the building code to tighten up insulation requirements. Maybe a national rebate program for insulation upgrades on existing buildings.
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Laika L Gagarin
@laikalgagarin.bsky.social
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just reducing the reliance of cars in the world would help so god damn much, but the oil companies would lose so much money---or rather would make less big money than the big money they make now.
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Josephine Robertson
@josephinerobertson.com
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Shut down crypto and AI server farms would do a lot more than restricting AC in homes.
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pockets and sedition
@yoboseiyo.bsky.social
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get the city to plant more treeees in neighborhoods! shade is important! get rid of gigantic parking lots/reduce their size if they're never more than 50% full and make the area a greenspace. and tell the fucking cops to get over it when they shout about trees blocking their surveillance cameras.
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Anna Rompage
@urbanfarmer3321.bsky.social
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Turn there’s the whole issue of the massive power consumption that bitcoin/crypto mining uses AC for people, or harvesting crypto?
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Deramin
@deramin.bsky.social
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All high on my list, but to specifically solve the environmental impact of air conditioners I would first: 1. Plant trees to dramatically lower ament city temperatures. 2. Building codes requiring passive cooling buildings. 3. Encourage and fund on-site solar panel installation.
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Bender Rodríguez
@plungerman.bsky.social
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reduce the military budget by 85%.
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Isobel Carr
@isobelcarr.com
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I don't want to hear shit about managing/curtailing AC use until they regulate Bitcoin mining and shut that shitcdown *entirely* when there is any kind of energy strain.
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Sverre Vårbjørnsen 🌱
@sveur.bsky.social
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You had me up to "glass bottles". A glass bottle weighs 50% of the the liquid it holds. More for small bottles. All bottles and cans should be deposit, but we can't go back to using glass for everything...
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Misanthropic Humanitarian
@mindymayhem.bsky.social
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Oh my gosh, so many recycling centers here have closed permanently, and I don't even drive!
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@kmkronewrites.bsky.social
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Ban crypto, restrict generative machine learning to research uses only, invest in reducing urban heat islands through actual civic maitenance / revised building codes, provide more community cooling spaces Make op-ed writers disclose their financial conflicts of interest
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Billy 🇵🇸❤️🌈🕊
@jesterthejedi.bsky.social
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We can mandate that big office corps of a certain size do 80% work from home or 4 days, drastically cutting use/demand and if we give factory/essential workers free public transportation those both together would drastically lower oil demand.
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Ostrich, Booster Pack Blueskyer
@justostrich.com
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- Tax gas - Tax cars - Pass a federal law exempting congestion pricing from DOT signoff requirements - Withhold federal funds from cities that offer free parking
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@crimsondynamo4.bsky.social
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Yeah, every single time, the first step is always "poors die hot, "not does "Billionaires McCapitalistpants really need three fleets of yachts steaming around the planet the long way round on his way to Dubai?"
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Zachary Amaryllis
@zacharyamaryllis.bsky.social
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I can do literally zero of these things. I'm just a guy. I don't have the sort of money to where anyone would listen. *fires up a/c*
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Rox4
@rox4.bsky.social
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Are glass bottles better than Cartons? Weren't we in a sand shortage? If so, please do link(preferably research). Would love to read up.
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Chris Larsen
@chrislarsen.bsky.social
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Don't forget to defund the military. The US military alone is responsible for 35% of the world's GHGs.
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Lizardguy64
@lizardguy64.bsky.social
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I would also suggest investment in solar power, wind power, and other more natural power generation methods.
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Jainus & Cybele System 🏳️⚧️ Trans of Bluesky
@jainusvt.bsky.social
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The best way for cities to start investing in public transit (like most job fields) is to increase wages Better pay = more drivers = greater frequency of transport when that happens, people feel safer to take public transport, so more people do
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