By saying “only regulations on industry can save us now”, you’re placing your faith on a top-down system which has already failed us.
The article claims the bottom 90% produce an average of 2.76 tCO2/year. That’s still twice too much. Again, I did not the say the billionaires and corporations were not partly responsible. But what makes the billionaires and corporations rich and able to do so are the consumers paying for it.
To blame everything on someone else is choosing what’s most convenient for you. It’s wrong and self-centered. If you’re saying “someone is doing worse than me, hence I have no reason to improve myself”, then everyone but the worst won’t change. The correct mentality is “I will act in such a way that if everyone were to do the same, everything would work out” (also known as the categorical imperative).
By saying “only regulations on industry can save us now”, you’re placing your faith on a top-down system which has already failed us.
The article claims the bottom 90% produce an average of 2.76 tCO2/year. That’s still twice too much. Again, I did not the say the billionaires and corporations were not partly responsible. But what makes the billionaires and corporations rich and able to do so are the consumers paying for it.
To blame everything on someone else is choosing what’s most convenient for you. It’s wrong and self-centered. If you’re saying “someone is doing worse than me, hence I have no reason to improve myself”, then everyone but the worst won’t change. The correct mentality is “I will act in such a way that if everyone were to do the same, everything would work out” (also known as the categorical imperative).