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Like I said, I don't understand the logic. Rich corporations/people aren't doing everything I think they should do, so therefore I shouldn't track my carbon foo
by tunesmith 4y ago
Like I said, I don't understand the logic. Rich corporations/people aren't doing everything I think they should do, so therefore I shouldn't track my carbon footprint? People like Leo/Taylor fly on their private jets, therefore Johnny shouldn't bike to work? Banning straws is useless (?) so therefore, companies aren't doing anything worthwhile at all in cutting emissions? Man... if we wait for everything else to be perfect before we put in any effort, that's a pretty great recipe for failure.
All those clauses you listed, the proper therefore is "therefore they should not do that". That's it. And if they stop doing it, or do it less, the per-person carbon footprint goes down. It doesn't have anything to do with shifting blame.
- rdm_blackhole 4y agoThe concept of carbon footprint for the average person is in itself a scam to let corporations off the hook by blaming the average person and focusing the conversation on what Johnny average does or eats in a day while forgetting that Big Oil has done everything in its power within the last 50 years to avoid responsibility regarding the fact that they knew and lied about the potential effects of climate change.
- tunesmith 4y agoThat just strikes me as a reiteration of what I'm already talking about.