• lukewarmtuna@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Considering environmental damages may top 4 quadrillion by the end of the century, it’s hard to argue for the plane

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      1 year ago

      fuck… that’s a mind-blowing amount of money. The US yearly GDP is ~$25 trillion so 1/160 of that number. A darker question is if the horse was worth more than the plane and environmental damage. Though the loss of human and animal life over the next 100 years seems to paint a bleak picture.