I read a stat like 70% of all carbon emissions come from like 10 sources, and our individual efforts is basically like pissing in the sea, its not going do much.
This is like the “both sides” argument in politics.
It resonates with people and encourages apathy supporting the status quo.
Its true that the actions of an individual aren’t very impactful. Its also true that large corporations are responsible for the vast majority of the problem.
However, if no one bought products from those companies, or owned their shares, then they would exist.
While “no one” is not possible, what if everyone just used 5% less, or 5% of people switched to an “ethical” 401k / pension funds that didn’t invest in these companies.
We dont need a few people doing climate mitigation perfectly, we need everyone doing climate mitigation imperfectly.
It sounds like such a small change, yet we’re unable to achieve it.
For example, here in Australia our conservative party is presently trying to discard our pathetic carbon emissions targets saying they’re unachievable.
Oh please. It’s like you didn’t even read my comment. Your claim may be “true” but it’s precisely what governments and polluters want you to be thinking and saying. “I personally can’t do anything about this.”
In Europe, 40% of emissions come from private cars. If we remove all other emissions, we still can’t reach the factor of 4 just because of cars.
Are you sure your source isn’t BP?
I read a stat like 70% of all carbon emissions come from like 10 sources, and our individual efforts is basically like pissing in the sea, its not going do much.
This is like the “both sides” argument in politics.
It resonates with people and encourages apathy supporting the status quo.
Its true that the actions of an individual aren’t very impactful. Its also true that large corporations are responsible for the vast majority of the problem.
However, if no one bought products from those companies, or owned their shares, then they would exist.
While “no one” is not possible, what if everyone just used 5% less, or 5% of people switched to an “ethical” 401k / pension funds that didn’t invest in these companies.
We dont need a few people doing climate mitigation perfectly, we need everyone doing climate mitigation imperfectly.
It sounds like such a small change, yet we’re unable to achieve it.
For example, here in Australia our conservative party is presently trying to discard our pathetic carbon emissions targets saying they’re unachievable.
It’s the truth
Oh please. It’s like you didn’t even read my comment. Your claim may be “true” but it’s precisely what governments and polluters want you to be thinking and saying. “I personally can’t do anything about this.”
Ah, but is it apathy to support the systematic teardown of these major sources? Like actually destroying private jets for instance
In Europe, 40% of emissions come from private cars. If we remove all other emissions, we still can’t reach the factor of 4 just because of cars. Are you sure your source isn’t BP?
Consumer use of private vehicles and air conditioning / heating absolutely have a non-negligible impact.
As a group, yes…per individual not really.