Comment on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shockparentComments−cpursley1dBut how will they protest if they can't drive and meet up or fly to those green events?−jaapz1dhttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-som...−spiclk1dIt's not our fault that we use oil and gas for daily activities (including going to protests). It's the governments' and corporations' fault for making us do it (or maybe not stopping us).−vrganj1dTake a train or a bike? Y'know, the thing they're advocating for?Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship.−GJim1dHell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship.I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there?(As an aside, my employer has already issued my burner phone and laptop; SOP for visiting countries such as the USA).−vrganj1dThat sounds like something you could do via Zoom and save yourself the hassle.Nobody claimed we could do a systemic change without, y'know, change.−GJim1dYes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.−vrganj1dI'd rather you look at Zoom and we don't die of a climate catastrophe. I never said we could keep all our little niceties, such is systemic change.−lazyasciiart1dIndeed, how will anyone get to London or NYC or ...
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But how will they protest if they can't drive and meet up or fly to those green events?
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-som...
It's not our fault that we use oil and gas for daily activities (including going to protests). It's the governments' and corporations' fault for making us do it (or maybe not stopping us).
Take a train or a bike? Y'know, the thing they're advocating for?
Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship.
I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there?
(As an aside, my employer has already issued my burner phone and laptop; SOP for visiting countries such as the USA).
That sounds like something you could do via Zoom and save yourself the hassle.
Nobody claimed we could do a systemic change without, y'know, change.
Yes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.
I'd rather you look at Zoom and we don't die of a climate catastrophe. I never said we could keep all our little niceties, such is systemic change.
Indeed, how will anyone get to London or NYC or ...