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Majbo t1_j9yaxuj wrote

Reply to comment by fractiousrhubarb in New cohort study of 3.7 million adults finds that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — associations more pronounced in low socioeconomic status communities by marketrent

Yes. But it is not as simple as that. Coal is extremely bad. Oil and wood are much better for different reasons, but they are still bad for health. Natural gas is pretty neutral for health reasons, but you could argue that global warming caused partially by gas burning is killing millions.

There should be a list of priorities as we can't handle it all at once.

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Ok-Beautiful-8403 t1_j9ycdij wrote

we have 8 billion people in the world. Time to "multitask"?

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Majbo t1_j9ycvzj wrote

We are already. There are many technologies being developed. Battery storage, new fission technology, fusion technology, more efficient infrastructure and devices, lab grown meat, new shipping technologies, more efficient planes. I'm optimistic on that side. What I'm afraid of are conservative policies and people's unwillingly to adapt.

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Ok-Beautiful-8403 t1_ja0f6g1 wrote

>What I'm afraid of are conservative policies and people's unwillingly to adapt.

Totally agree.

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fractiousrhubarb t1_j9yro9l wrote

It’s the particulates that kill people- that stay isn’t even accounting for global warming

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