> No individual has an incentive to care. I agree, for everyone who stays in a more-material-stuff-is-better mentality. By contrast, I've found reducing how m

> No individual has an incentive to care. I agree, for everyone who stays in a more-material-stuff-is-better mentality. By contrast, I've found reducing how much I pollute has improved my life. My experiment to buy no food for a week where I'd have to throw away packaging -- http://joshuaspodek.com/avoiding-food-packaging http://joshuaspodek.com/avoiding-food-packaging -- went incredibly well. After avoiding packaging for a 2.5 weeks, I don't completely avoid it not, but I've switched to almost only fresh fruits, vegetables, and dried legumes I get in bulk with bags I bring. Similar experiments in other areas have improved my life in many ways I wouldn't have expected before. People found ways to be happy before oil, many probably more happy than most are today.