> As much as I'd like to see big business curb their carbon emissions, there's simply no way they will be cut back by 75% anytime soon. Individuals do not have

> As much as I'd like to see big business curb their carbon emissions, there's simply no way they will be cut back by 75% anytime soon. Individuals do not have any significant influence, the industries need to cut back. The industries only exist to make stuff for people to buy. I am going to present the obvious, naive solution that everyone seems to be ignoring. Cut back your spending by 75%. Every dollar you spend eventually becomes oil and is burned by big business. In the words of Don Lancaster (1), "It is both a valid and useful concept to think of 'using dollars' as 'spending gasoline'". (1) http://www.tinaja.com/glib/energfun.pdf http://www.tinaja.com/glib/energfun.pdf