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https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emiss... Transportation is somethi

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emiss... Transportation is something like 15% of total emissions. It’s bikeshedding to suggest that limiting car use is going to meaningfully solve anything relative to how difficult implementing such an approach would be.

acdha 4y ago
It’s twice that in the US: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis... There isn’t going to be “one weird trick” to solve this problem. Instead it’s going to be like optimizing a mature program: 5% here, 7% there, etc. Making better choices about transportation or beef consumption isn’t going to halt climate change but it’s something anyone can do right now and the more they do the more time it buys us for the harder problems.