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  • Samsara [he/him,he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Yup, I know. That's what prompted me to read up the energy policies of both countries. Of course trying to explain this to reddit is a useless endeavour.

    • Good_Username [they/them,e/em/eir]
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      4 years ago

      I didn't take the final step to ask why their pollution would be so much less than ours. I'm glad you did though, and now I know something new! So thanks!

      It's really true that explaining this to reddit is useless. I don't know for sure, maybe I planted a seed in that guy's mind that day, but his replies definitely made it seem like he was unwilling to even consider that he might be wrong.

      • Samsara [he/him,he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'm sure it's got a lot more to do with how much resources americans (and by that I mean the top 10% of the people in the US) frivoluosly waste; but 40% is still a significant chunk of a country's energy economy.