I find this discussion tends to go in unsatisfying circles. Yes, any one person’s lifestyle choices are insignificant (well, unless you’re stratospherically wea

I find this discussion tends to go in unsatisfying circles. Yes, any one person’s lifestyle choices are insignificant (well, unless you’re stratospherically wealthy at least). But fostering a shared sense that something needs to be done is not necessarily bad. Furthermore, farmers aren’t growing alfalfa just to gratify themselves but to support patterns of consumption we have come to expect.