Europeans are not against A/C. They are just against "just putting A/C" as the easy solution for not trying to fix climate change.
Also the 6% CO2 emissions only include national emissions. A part of what China emits is due to what we consume in the western world. In other words, the 6% emissions don't include the emissions of all the iPhone purchased by Europeans.
I’m not sure work sucks (at least as a general statement). Work is a way to be useful in the society and feeling useful is valuable for our wellbeing. I don’t think people who stop working and spend their days laying on the beach feel better.
As a family:
- We don’t use Uber Eats
- We don’t fly
- We bike in the city (long tail bikes to carry the kids)
- We don’t use A/C (and resist so far installing it) and try to do some passive ventilation, shading to limit the house getting to hot in the summer (it’s gets sometimes around 42 C where we live)
- We try to eat local food
I can’t believe there are people in our industry who turn a blind eye (or worse) to these problems. They say that climate scientists are fearmongering and argue there is not a single truth.
Deploy a TLS interceptor (forward proxy). There are many out there, both free and paid for solutions; there are also agent-based endpoint solutions like Netskope which do this so you don't have to route traffic through an internal device.
More seriously : with such mindset, mankind would not be where it is now. It's by pushing the limits that you access some higher "truth", be it tech innovation or societal rules.
There will always be a half of humans. Even if aging and all diseases are covered. Imagine someone getting their brain crushed in a car accident for example. Or a plain crash and everyone burned to ash in the wreckage. The only difference is how long is that period.
Do they really need a pickup truck? There are so many alternatives to carry around loads which are much lighter. What do you think construction workers and farmers use in Europe?
Also the 6% CO2 emissions only include national emissions. A part of what China emits is due to what we consume in the western world. In other words, the 6% emissions don't include the emissions of all the iPhone purchased by Europeans.