bestusername@aussie.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoWhy can't we delete stuff?message-squaremessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareWhy can't we delete stuff?bestusername@aussie.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square166fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAuzy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoYes… But then more humans will survive by avoiding certain diseases, which as a result, will produce a worse environmental outcome
minus-squareJustinTheGM@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoEh, kill off 3 or 4 billionaires per year and you'll counteract whatever additional environmental damage comes from millions of people not dying from malaria.
minus-squareAuzy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoFunny you mention that, but in a way that's also true via the same mechanism. Isn't the Gates Foundation focusing on stopping diseases from mosquitos? https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/news-stories/stories/the-gates-foundation-and-the-world-mosquito-program-partners-in-change
Yes… But then more humans will survive by avoiding certain diseases, which as a result, will produce a worse environmental outcome
Eh, kill off 3 or 4 billionaires per year and you'll counteract whatever additional environmental damage comes from millions of people not dying from malaria.
Funny you mention that, but in a way that's also true via the same mechanism.
Isn't the Gates Foundation focusing on stopping diseases from mosquitos? https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/news-stories/stories/the-gates-foundation-and-the-world-mosquito-program-partners-in-change