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They're correct actually. We've been overcompensating on personal responsibility, but changing personal behaviors won't save us from climate change. It's not en
by joshypants 7y ago
They're correct actually. We've been overcompensating on personal responsibility, but changing personal behaviors won't save us from climate change. It's not enough. We need massive political mobilization and aggressive government action.
- WhompingWindows 7y agoWe can both reduce individual footprints AND have companies reduce their footprints. No need for either/or thinking here.
- joshypants 7y agoWhat we're talking about is putting a halt to expending political capital on shaming people into being "green," "eco-friendly," or "sustainable" to save "the environment" and instead recognizing that we need drastic action to remove literally billions of people from grave danger. We're not going to ask companies to reduce footprints, we need to decimate the fossil fuel industry as fast as possible or we're cooked.