You first.
That is the problem. Everyone wants *everyone else* to deal with. As long as they can still drive to work with cheap gas and get a shiny new smart phone every year, its clearly other peoples real problem... if only they would deal with it right?
So what are you doing to deal with it?
Not sure about the parent specifically, but I would guess that most of the people trying to draw attention to the problem already *are* "dealing with it". Many of the folks that are so concerned about the problem already have taken steps to do their part in ways more significant than "Don't buy a smartphone" - the real issue is convincing the disbelievers that they should act as well. He can't very well save the world by composting/recycling/bicycling while you're delivering pizza in your H2, now can he?
You make it sound as if hipsters are the ones warning us of the crisis. Well, you got the first three letters right anyway...
Dear US scientists, learn to share. We don't need another Large Hadron Collider.
The US really should accept that it doesn't need one of everything and there is no shame using the resources of other countries rather than duplicating them.
I'm sure "US scientists" would have absolutely no problem sharing. Your scorn is better directed at the military and bureaucrats.
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