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But if it's something awesome marketed towards saving humanity then do something actually awesome and impactful instead of distracting bullshit like hyperloops and Mars colonies on unrealistic time-frames and self-driving cars instead of public transportation. Endless talk and grand gestures when these people have the resources to really drive improvements/innovations in achievable realistic projects.
And how are you helping
By going into work sick so that I can reduce my workplace's carbon emissions for a few days
Virtue signalling moron
Lol it's not virtue signaling it's malicious compliance. My workplace has vacation and sick days pull from the same incredibly small pool. They're also very anti work from home. So since I've explained the problem and was told to just take vacation time when I'm sick, I decided to just not "be sick" and explain the problem when it comes up next