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Yes, this means a ton of carbon ends up in the atmosphere instead of in the trees. The right move would be thinning and prescribed burns, but this administration isn't going to do that.

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[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then i guess it's time to start living up to the old namesake.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

George Washington Hayduke is one of the four main characters in The Monkeywrench Gang written by Edward Abbey. They're a group of anarchists that destroy things like earth movers to prevent logging or drilling, and just generally fuck with private companies profiting off of public lands.

Basically, they're eco-terrorists.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You mean awesome. They aren't scaring people, they're stopping a rape. If that scares the rapists, it doesn't make it terrorism.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

The labels are usually applied by those with an agenda, oddly enough.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think half country would cheer for poison ivy right now.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I would, but only if you promise that she isn't a package deal with a wing-suited billionaire who's made a deal with the police and the nearest mental health institution to forcibly incarcerate anyone who stands against his ownership of the country. If we pay for the Poison Ivy package, can we get a discount on the Mr. Freeze package, where we get a disgruntled-but-brilliant climate-scientist-cum-virologist who will spray SO3 into the upper atmosphere and synthesize a strong enough volcanic winter to balance out anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

Love mr.freeze. favorite villain. Dude just needed funding to help his wife. It was society that didn't fund his life saving research fault. I wonder if Wayne funded him if he back off. Which He kind of did in batman beyond until they tried to kill him.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd be happy with a half serving of sanity right now. As a treat.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah probably 30% with another 30% saying this has no impact on their daily lives.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

30% saying this has no impact on their daily lives.

"The eco-terrorists are just as bad as the Nazis!"

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

It worries me it could be either 30% we are talking about.