• nodsocket@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Exactly. It’s not the corporations, it’s us. Corporations are innocent and have no control over our decisions at all.

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        11 months ago

        Well, if you are going to call someone out, at least have a list of things you do.

        Using some of the examples from my own life: I use public transit or bike. I don’t own a car. I grow vegetables in my yard. I make a conscious effort to recycle and reduce my waste. I saving to upgrade my heat from oil to much more sustainable technologies. I don’t use a powered tool where a manual will do, and if I have to use a powered tool I stay away from fuel powered ones.

        Now, what are your efforts?

          • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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            11 months ago

            : individual efforts are ultimately useless. 100 companies cause 71% of all carbon emissions.

            One cruise ship burns 7,000 gallons of fuel per hour. What are people living paycheck to paycheck supposed to do about that?

            Those boats run 24/7, 365.

            A Boeing 777 burns 8,500,000 millions of gallon of fuel per year. They’ve been around for 25 years. There are 1,700 in service. That’s like 300 billion gallons of fuel right there, one type of jet.