(January 11, 2020 at 2:18 am)ignoramus Wrote: You know what's stupid. We all share one atmosphere. Even if Australia had zero emissions, it wouldn't even make a measurable difference to the world's atmosphere because of our very low population.
It might be just appearances, but this first part of your comment reads a lot like "what's the point in living green when others don't/wont" which is one of the worst and most toxic responses to global warming, because it has the potential to breed and embody inaction and apathy toward the problem ACROSS THE BOARD. It always reminds me of the old "what's the point of voting - it's just one vote" train of thought. T.O.X.I.C.
Do what you personally can do to help the crisis need be the message, however small the deed and whoever you are and in whatever country - that's the message, and if it struck home across the board we'd be out of this fix quicker than you can say "AGW."
Here's a ManBearPig scene featuring a "yeah, but the Chinese will still pollute" line:
