• merc@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      $15m / day would do almost nothing. It’s a tiny amount compared to how much pollution is generated.

      $15m / day is equivalent to about 5 cents per American per day. Meanwhile, the attacks on Iran are at least $1 billion per day, or about $3 per American per day. Even just in gasoline, Americans spend on average about $2.60 per day on gasoline (and that’s not per driver, that’s per American including little children, per household it’s $6.60 per day).

      • Left as Center@jlai.lu
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        4 days ago

        15M$/day is a good budget to start lobbying very efficiently. About as good as the total of all lobbying costs spent in the US.

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        3 days ago

        Don’t lose hope brother. I feel like we are at the start of an hard fall, I still have hope, that people will have to react once it start to be crappy enough.

        • merc@sh.itjust.works
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          3 days ago

          I just want it to fail sooner rather than later. And, I wish I could make some money betting that it would fall, because that would be so satisfying. But, it could be years before the bubble finally bursts.