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Simon Willison

@scott the problem I have with that model is that, taken to its logical conclusion, I shouldn't travel by car or bus or train, or purchase manufactured goods, or turn on the heating, or - you know - live

18 October at 20:11 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
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Simon Willison

@scott if I'm going to do stuff that emits carbon I need to have some kind of framework for deciding what things I do and what things I don't

18 October at 20:12 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
Gasper Zejn

@simon @scott
1. Avoid visiting gas stations.
2. Travel slow and near.
3. Avoid food from ruminants.
4. Repair.

Does this make sense?

18 October at 21:12 | Open on mastodon.green
chebra

@simon @scott But if living like that needs 2.5 Earths of resources, then it doesn't matter how many imaginary flights we skip. All it's doing is providing false rationalization, the feeling that we've "done enough". But we haven't. So it's part of the problem.

19 October at 4:54 | Open on mstdn.io
Scott 🏴

@simon yes, if it is at all afforded to you by your society, you should avoid doing things that consume energy up until the point where we've balanced our energy use budget with the earths resources. If you do not personally have that ability, it's very understandable: collective energy use requires collective efforts to reduce usage. Change must be pressed for at the societal level.

That said, it is absurd and ridiculous to compare the necessity to heat your home to the vanity of consuming that power in the form of a fancy lying-to-you machine is so ridiculous I can't believe I actually have to say it. I have never used one of these products and I'm still alive and well.

@simon yes, if it is at all afforded to you by your society, you should avoid doing things that consume energy up until the point where we've balanced our energy use budget with the earths resources. If you do not personally have that ability, it's very understandable: collective energy use requires collective efforts to reduce usage. Change must be pressed for at the societal level.

19 October at 8:34 | Open on tams.tech
Simon Willison

@scott "I have never used one of these products and I'm still alive and well"

Then it's understandable that you wouldn't see why I value them more than an international flight!

I use them for a lot of things, some of it dumb but most of it genuinely useful simonwillison.net/series/using

19 October at 14:10 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
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