• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Don’t do this, but remember: the richer a person is, the bigger the ecological footprint. You are higher on that list than you might realize. Especially ecofascists tend to forget that fact.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah you know what would actually be better? Fixing legislation so that the 100 companies that create the majority of pollution stop doing that

      • Pipoca@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        The statistic that “Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions” is better understood as “Just 100 companies responsible for selling 71% of global fossil fuels”. It’s fundamentally saying that there’s a few large coal, oil and gas companies worldwide selling us most of the supply.

        If you want those companies to stop polluting, that amounts to those companies not selling fossil fuels.

        Which is honestly the goal, but the only way to do that is to replace the demand for fossil fuels. Cutting the US off from fossil fuels would kill a ton of people if you didn’t first make an energy grid 100% powered by renewables, got people to buy electric cars, cold climate heat pumps, etc.

    • hh93@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Yeah - everyone is shitting on the top 1% here in Germany until they realize that half the population here makes it into that percentile and suddenly it’s the 0,1% that’s the problem.

      It’s all about putting the blame on someone else so you don’t have to question if you might be a little bit responsible, too, with your lifestyle…