Sorry about your dog. But your example only highlights a tabu issue in these discussions, the negative impact that having a pet has. They consume meat, packaged food, are driven around, attack wild fauna (cats especially) etc. Pets is one of the items everyone should cut, but they’re only becoming more common, like SUVs.

I think “unlimited” is a way too big word considering all the limitations, I’m not even sure what’s left after these:

Unlike Germany’s identically priced travel pass, however, the Portuguese ticket is not available on buses or on intercity trains such as the Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, InterRegional and Internacional services.

It is also not valid for urban networks in Porto, Lisbon and Coimbra.

Where is Portugal’s €49 rail pass valid? The new national train pass can be used on most regional services around the country, but there are a couple of excluded areas.

Both the Alentejo Litoral and the Coimbra area are not participating in the scheme.

This means the pass is not valid on routes including Régua-Pocinho (Douro Line), Coimbra-Figueira da Foz (suburban Coimbra), Pinhal Novo-Évora and Pinhal Novo-Vila Nova da Baronia (Alentejo Line), and Pinhal Novo-Tunes (Southern Line).

Businesses do lots of waste, I agree. But again, businesses exist because they have customers. Some people seem to believe that the climate crisis can be solved with taxes alone, but that’s not how it works. Huge changes on all levels are required.

How do you think those companies pollute? Are they burning fuel at Shell’s headquarters? Or do they have lots of customers who think their personal behavior doesn’t matter?

No you can’t. How do you think those corporations pollute? Do they do it for fun or because they have customers that feed their businesses? The idea that “heading corporations responsible” will magically solve all problems and that it doesn’t imply any change in your lifestyle is beyond naive. Shell pollutes because people buy and burn their fuel, they’re not burning it in their headquarters.

It’s a fascist and imperialistic government, they probably think that the chaos from climate change open opportunities for them… the old “from the chaos a new order will be born”.

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