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Americans misunderstand their contribution to deteriorating environment (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Roughly one in two Americans said they are not very or not at all exposed to environmental and climate change risks. Those perceptions contrast sharply with empirical evidence showing that climate change is having an impact in nearly every corner of the United States. A warming planet has intensified hurricanes battering coasts, droughts striking middle American farms, and wildfires threatening homes and air quality across the country. And climate shocks are driving up prices of some food, like chocolate and olive oil, and consumer goods.

Something something 'muricans can't name 5 different countries in a map

Americans also largely believe they do not bear responsibility for global environmental problems. Only about 15 percent of US respondents said that high- and middle-income Americans share responsibility for climate change and natural destruction. Instead, they attribute the most blame to businesses and governments of wealthy countries.

"Me driving a SUV that's almost as big as a bus anywhere farther than 500ft from my home is not a problem at all!!" - average american, probably

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Me driving a SUV that’s almost as big as a bus anywhere farther than 500ft from my home is not a problem at all!!” - average american, probably

SUVs are passe at this point. The hip thing is to drive a super-duty V12 king cab truck with a constantly empty truck bed to the store.

As an American burgermeister, it's also important to complain about the price of gas continually while doing this.

(For extra credit: be sure to idle for 50 minutes in an in-and-out or chik-fil-a line that spills out into the street and blocks traffic on your way home from the store.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Speaking of naming countries... I saw this posted on lemmy a bit ago and love it. It's a game where you have to name countries to get from one country to another.

https://travle.earth/