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A big issue that I have with the current discourse on environmentalism is the idea that individuals should do small things before the institutions do big things
by witchesindublin 3y ago
A big issue that I have with the current discourse on environmentalism is the idea that individuals should do small things before the institutions do big things. For example using any gas appliances less without first converting all power plants to renewable. The first aim should be to convert all power plants to renewable and build automated recycling plants and incinerators, then move on to ensuring all transportation is clean by building more public transport and banning non-electric cars.
- lesuorac 3y agoAh yes, instead of having people do things that they can do within a year lets not do any of those things until somebody spends decades building enough power plants to replace all of our current ones. You should look up Critical Path [1]. If you want to go things done faster, creating a long critical path is not a good idea. Of course, if you want the status quo to stay the same it's a great idea. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_path_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_path_method
- sharemywin 3y agocouldn't all of the above work? personal responsibility is important but collective responsibility is important too. Just like you should try not to mug people in the park it's probably a good idea to pass laws that make it illegal too.
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- toddbonzalez1 3y agoThis idea came from a marketing campaign from BP: https://mashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-sham https://mashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-sh...
- gs17 3y agoAnd the response has been great for them! They convinced a lot of people who would have thought otherwise that they don't need to consume less or differently because that's just a Big Oil trick!
- toddbonzalez1 3y agoFreak