What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change? Researchers are looking at the impact that individuals’ actions can have on reducing carbon emissions — and the best ways to get people to adopt them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/climate/carbon-reduction-strategies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU4.EPZO.q-OsuA9eFXAF&smid=url-share
by silence7
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What if they used tax law to alter people’s behavior? That’s much more effective than any voluntary actions could accomplish.
What if they addressed the business models of the 50 or so corporations who are responsible for the majority of emissions?
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We could overrun the global offices of oil companies and tar and feather them?
I promise not to fly my private jet 400 times a year and then lecture people about a plastic straw in their ice coffee🤔
58% of US emissions come from cars and light trucks. Get people to stop driving.
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