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Flights are currently "used" by a tiny % of the global population, whereas clothing is a necessity for 100% of the population. What does that comparison says,
by rcMgD2BwE72F 7y ago
Flights are currently "used" by a tiny % of the global population, whereas clothing is a necessity for 100% of the population.
What does that comparison says, exactly? Changing the habits of a few persons would have much impact on the environment as changing the habits of every person on Earth? Which change should we prioritize? Mmmh...
- notahacker 7y agoI don't think any sane person is proposing the future of humanity lies in nudity. But you'd have a tough job persuading me that having 60% more clothes than 20 years ago and landfilling 85% of textiles bought a year is necessary, or that extensive wardrobes replaced every season are less frivolous than transport.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThis comparison can be read as saying that if one was to search for changes at the industry level, either technological or legal, then clothing looks like a high-payoff place to do that.
- foobar1962 7y agoMost of that clothing is for consumption for the western world, of which the USA would probably be first and European Union second. The third world often gets sold the remnants and retainers from the first world.