FOSStasticApr 24
Tjeerd Royaards

Going green. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#sustainability #consumerism #GreenEconomy

Apr 24 at 7:24amWeb
Show threadЯ⊛ḶḶ model ‽‽‽Apr 24

@royaards

stop buying things

Show threadMaxApr 24
@royaards deze is wel een beetje pijnlijk waar, ja.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEApr 24

@royaards The Today programme was reporting on increase in retail figures today as if people spending more on stuff was an unqualified Good Thing.

Despite them mentioning in the small print that most of the rise was due to Trump's increased petrol prices, and that food sales actually fell because people can't accord so much food any more. Nevertheless, this is all "good" news.

Another illustration that the BBC have totally and utterly given up on journalism.

Show threadohirApr 25

@TimWardCam @royaards
> if people spending more on stuff

Except people are buying less for way more now.

Show threadBeinhartApr 24
@royaards - we are definitively lost if we don't change immediately our habits. But we still have too many people who just think to their purse and their joy, no matter what that means for future generations.
Show threadGray HairsApr 24

@WernerBeinhart

Even if we change our habits, the US government and huge corporations intend to keep extracting and burning fossile fuels.

@royaards

Show threadHerman 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇾🇪🍋Apr 24
@royaards 🎯
Show threaduwebApr 24

@royaards

Where does the money for one’s own home come from—and the freedom of choice?

Show threadShaun ChamberlinApr 24
@royaards
Pairs nicely with this from Andy Singer
Show threadmojalaApr 24
@DarkOptimism @royaards Yeah but it’s shit - qt least the exhaust from a coal plant is actually radioactive - steam from a nuclear plant isn’t. If the picture maker lies willfully in one aspect, what else is bullshit in the picture?
Show threadTomWilsonYEGApr 24

@DarkOptimism @royaards

My pet "greening dog whistle " are the car and truck advertisements set against pristine wilderness when their emissions and tire gouging are destroying that which makes them desired …

Show threadShaun ChamberlinApr 25

@CTHW @royaards

Yeah, not to mention that the freedom and adventure-filled empty roads they're selling in the ads are actually traffic-jammed up with all the people who bought their BS!

Show threadLisPiApr 24
@royaards The airplanes are a fun particular.

The most reasonable option besides just using ships to replace them is to use airships (now without fossil fuels).

I'm uncertain which uses the most resources per traveler moved, but I suspect non-fossil naval ships would win out from not having to fight so hard for their buoyancy.
Show threadohirApr 25

@royaards

It reminds me really good cartoon 'bout consumerism (2002, Polish) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1171265/