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That 70% stat is not helpful because that's just the energy source companies. They're not consuming the energy, they're selling it. When you put Exxon gas in yo
by guelo 8y ago
That 70% stat is not helpful because that's just the energy source companies. They're not consuming the energy, they're selling it. When you put Exxon gas in your car you are the one emitting the CO2, not Exxon.
- ThomPete 8y agoIf you start there you would probably get way more success than asking mr. and mrs. Johnson to sort their waste and not eat cow. Not sure why this is controversial.
- philipkglass 8y agoThis way lies a deep and futile chain of responsibility-diffusion. It's not the fault of the coal mining companies, it's the power plants that actually burn coal. It's not the fault of the power plants, it's the fault of the aluminum smelters that consume electricity produced with coal. It's not the fault of the smelters, it's the fault of the consumers who buy aluminum cans made with electricity produced from coal. (Never mind that aluminum-made-with-coal-electricity and aluminum-made-with-hydroelectricity are indistinguishable once they have reached the retail product level.) You can regulate 100 big energy sector companies and drive big changes in consumption. You can't diffuse the responsibility to change across a hundred million consumers and expect anything like an equivalent rate of change.