5 ms·
Sad. Trying my best to live eco-consciously (low meat, anti-consumption, etc), but feels like I should just give up. Nobody around me seems to give the damnest
by epolanski 3y ago
Sad. Trying my best to live eco-consciously (low meat, anti-consumption, etc), but feels like I should just give up.
Nobody around me seems to give the damnest.
- ecf 3y agoMost have realized their individual contributions amount to about as much as a single drop of acid in the Pacific Ocean.
- jacooper 3y agoIndividual action won't change anything, stop making your life worse for no reason or benefit.
- Fricken 3y agoI would regard myself a coward if I took your position. It would not make my life better.
- jacooper 3y agoCoward for saying the truth? Things that actually affect climate change come from policy, not individual action. And that policy should actually target meaningful things, not making flights more expensive or even worse, limiting farming, like some countries are doing, while still using coal in the power grid. Unfortunately many politicians just target the most visible thing, making people's life more inconvenient while there are actually better ways to stop climate change without affecting citizens daily life.
- Fricken 3y agoI live in a democracy, where individuals vote against any party willing to implement real climate policy. The same individuals vote with their wallets, and give tens of thousands of dollars a year to the fossil fuel industry.
- jacooper 3y agoWell, tough luck then, your individual actions aren't going to change that.
- epolanski 3y agoI don't think I'm making my life any worse, it makes me sleep well and I feel like it also sets good examples for my family and friends. I can see changes and small impacts of my actions. But then I think about stuff like the gas pipe that was blown off in northern europe's seas one year ago and it put so much methane every second to offset any positive impact I can have. I swear climate thing is depressing, you feel like you have much less impact than on national elections with one vote.
- jacooper 3y ago> I swear climate thing is depressing, you feel like you have much less impact than on national elections with one vote. And that's why you don't shape your life around it. Your actions aren't going to change anything meaningful, oh you traveled by train instead of an airplane? Guess what? it's flying anyway, you just took the longer route for no reason. And so on and so fourth. I'm not a climate denialist, I just know that making my life inconvenient isn't going to help.
- renewiltord 3y agoI used to be carbon negative. Then recently I discovered a way to get all the social gains from that for free. I just blame "the corporations" now. It's pretty good. You should try it. I'm wealthy enough I will probably be fine and now that I know it's "the corporations" at fault, I bought a Subaru Forester and ramped up to make about 6 international trips by plane on vacation. It's pretty fun, actually. I've recently considered blaming "the corporations" for other things as well. My mother asked me the other day why I'm not married yet, and I considered it but didn't do it. Next time, though, I will have saved us from an argument. If it's making you sad, you should also try this thing.