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This feels like one of the most effective ways to solve climate change. Working at a national or international is slowed way down by a ton of competing interest
by keeganjw 10y ago
This feels like one of the most effective ways to solve climate change. Working at a national or international is slowed way down by a ton of competing interests. Working at a personal level like you're barely making a dent. But working a community level feels right. It's big enough to notice an impact but small enough for individuals to make a difference.
- Gmo 10y agoYeah, except a community effort would have never solved the problem of PFC in the atmosphere for instance. I don't think all those efforts are mutually exclusive you know :)
- Retric 10y ago24% reduction is something like 2% more than the EU average. about 1,000 people... reaching its 10th anniversary this year, has led to a 24 percent cut in emissions vs. "The EU(27) even with active legal measures have maintained a fairly level CO2 emission rate but have managed to reduce their CO2 emissions/head by ~22% since 2005. " http://euanmearns.com/the-record-of-recent-man-made-co2-emissions-1965-2014/ http://euanmearns.com/the-record-of-recent-man-made-co2-emis... It feels good, but that's about it. Further, per person they are probably doing more damage than the average person in London or other major city.
- r00fus 10y agoI think one of the big problems in the US, is that most of the land and property is owned by someone else. Trying to work at a community level here will likely get pushback from some property owners (likely remote) who will block any potential or even perceived increase to their taxes/expenditures even if you can prove ROI within 5 years.