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1. They are not lifestyle changes, they are fundamental reductions in carbon footprint. 2. They are proven to reduce your impact at a level that most consider
by arbitrary_name 7y ago
1. They are not lifestyle changes, they are fundamental reductions in carbon footprint.
2. They are proven to reduce your impact at a level that most consider manageable
3. The other poster said AND - eat less meat AND get involved in other mechanisms for change
I dont have any interest in virtue or signalling: i just want people to impact the planet less so we dont trigger any unwanted changes. Is that a valid enough reason to ask everyone to try their best or do we keep having to have philosophical arguments about how individual free choice (shaped often by the corporations themselves!) trumps any imperative to collectively sacrifice?
- scarejunba 7y agoI have an SUV, eat meat every day, and fly once a month. I am carbon negative through TerraPass. The solution doesn't need lifestyle change for those who can pay to offset. It needs lifestyle change from the rest.
- megaremote 7y agoIf you are driving a car you are destroying our planet.
- scarejunba 7y agoNah, you're doing worse than I am unless you're carbon negative too. My car is fully offset and all marginal stuff is offset too.
- Legogris 7y agoSo it's OK to crap in the street if you pick enough litter that you're now poo-negative? Carbon emissions is not the only major climate impact from the things you mention and it's not about "paying your dues" as an individual.
- scarejunba 7y agoI'm not listening to some carbon positive individual lecture me. Fix your house first.