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No, it's not more significant or worthwhile if you compare it to the emissions of 8 billion people. It's still negligible.
by mr_mitm 3y ago
No, it's not more significant or worthwhile if you compare it to the emissions of 8 billion people. It's still negligible.
- theluketaylor 3y agoThere is a reason reduce is the first R. Not consuming energy in the first place is less carbon emitted today and less generation capacity that needs to be transitioned. It really is an 'every little bit helps' situation. Dismissing solutions as too small ignores the fact we need hundreds of thousands of small solutions along with many, many big ones.
- forward1 3y agoEating an animal-product based lunch will use more energy than years of iPhone usage. This is certainly not a "every little bit helps" situation - it is about managing our attention on things which actually matter, when there is a war going on to distract us from it.