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Indeed. As the very blunt and frank Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, has put it, no one even pays attention to the first "R" of the three "R's": reduce, recycle, reuse.
(Here: nytimes.com/2024/05/18/…)
While the change to renewables is great, it often comes with the basic assumption that renewables will simply let us keep on keeping on as we do.
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Indeed. As the very blunt and frank Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, has put it, no one even pays attention to the first "R" of the three "R's": reduce, recycle, reuse.
(Here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/magazine/ayana-elizabeth-johnson-interview.html)
While the change to renewables is great, it often comes with the basic assumption that renewables will simply let us keep on keeping on as we do.
good points!