- Echo71Niner ( @Echo71Niner@lemm.ee ) 32•1 year ago
They are legends, they’ve painted super yachts, blocked private jets, and targeted golf courses to protest unnecessary emissions from the wealthy, which may as well be a paid-group by fossil fuel companies to divert attention from them being the biggest fucking problem.
- cloud ( @cloud@lazysoci.al ) 27•1 year ago
The wealthy answer will be to have these activists convicted for terrorism for invading an airport
- StringTheory ( @StringTheory@beehaw.org ) English25•1 year ago
Golf courses use huge amounts of water. Streams get diverted to water them. The countryside dries up without its water, and then catches fire. It’s not good.
- Rozaŭtuno ( @Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 8•1 year ago
They also waste an incredible amount of space, during a housing crisis.
- agent_flounder ( @agent_flounder@lemmy.one ) English4•1 year ago
In southern Arizona they typically use reclaimed, non-potable water, at least. I wonder if they do that anywhere else?
- Letto ( @Letto@reddthat.com ) 8•1 year ago
Oftentimes they do not as it is quite expensive to make many kinds of “grey water” safe enough to be basically touched by golfers all the time. Being in the center of the desert with high water costs, it made sense in Arizona.
Regardless, keeping that much grass alive for such a small number of people to enjoy feels like a misalignment in priories of a local water authority to me. With the general trend towards water insecurities the world over I’m a bit upset with golf courses.
- donut4ever ( @donut4ever@lemm.ee ) 21•1 year ago
This I can get behind.
- Roundcat ( @Roundcat@lemmy.ca ) 14•1 year ago
Finally, we have caught up to the orcas in climate action.
- iByteABit [he/him] ( @iByteABit@lemm.ee ) 10•1 year ago
Fuck ther shit up until they gain a conscience
- SpaceCowboy ( @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ) 2•1 year ago
Well I don’t know if them gaining a conscience is realistic. But if doing the wrong thing becomes too costly and inconvenient they might stop doing those things. Well… they might do slightly less wrong things.
- at_an_angle ( @at_an_angle@lemmy.one ) English1•1 year ago
It’ll be cheaper to remove those who make it expensive.
- prd ( @prd@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
They won’t, and it’s pretty naive to think actions like this will cause them to grow a conscience.
Stunts like these are fun in a cathartic way, but not even a mild inconvenience or cost to them. It ultimately yields nothing.
- iByteABit [he/him] ( @iByteABit@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
I don’t, I was exaggerating.
I do think though that it’s about time the general public stops being so passive about climate change among other things.
- downpunxx ( @downpunxx@kbin.social ) 8•1 year ago
Exxon Mobile and BP, rubbing their hands together, yes, good, blame the retail consumer for another 100 years … don’t forget those straws
- chaogomu ( @chaogomu@kbin.social ) 36•1 year ago
Private jets, Yachts, and Golf…
All things that the retail consumer has in spades, yes.
- Khalic ( @Khalic@kbin.social ) 30•1 year ago
Oh these poor millionaires and their jets, always taking the blame for everything /s
- Andy ( @andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ) 16•1 year ago
I don’t think anyone is confusing these as mutually exclusive.
- SpaceCowboy ( @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ) 5•1 year ago
Yeah and the CEOs of Exxon Mobil and BP definitely don’t have private planes and yachts so they’ll be completely unaffected.
If/when they get caught, this shit is a great use of jury nullification.
- iHUNTcriminals ( @iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee ) 6•1 year ago
Golf, lol. How are they going to make sales and network? ( and get drunk and basically have the day off. )