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[quote=Anonymous]Of course those indoor options will just accelerate the problem.

I sort of feel like anyone that is not studying science to solve this is probably wasting their education.  I haven’t convinced my kids of this yet though.

I also feel like we need a major shift in societal norms.  100 years ago, it was considered totally okay to spit in the street: smoke; wear furs from endangered animals; kill elephants for their tusks; make little children work in your factories; use racist terms and openly segregate based on race…..all of these things would more or less make you a social pariah now.

When is it going to be considered social suicide to air condition your office to 68 degrees in the summer; to fly to Paris for a weekend trip; to rip out your whole kitchen and replace it because you got bored of the style; to eat cheeseburgers every day; to drive to work solo in a car daily?

I admit I do at least some of those things or am tempted to do them.  But most of them are honestly worse than wearing an ivory necklace or a tiger fur coat, ethically speaking.  I’m sounding more radical and judgmental in this post than I actually am, but I am surprised at how slow the shift in social norms has been.  [/quote]

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