contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoA cool guide to the carbon footprint of major travel methodsi.redd.itimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1240file-text
arrow-up1240imageA cool guide to the carbon footprint of major travel methodsi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareToday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·6 months agoCarbon footprint is a term that was made up by oil companies to shift blame from them to us.
minus-squareahornsirup@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·6 months agoDoesn’t change the fact that some forms of travel are objectively worse for the environment than others. If you can reasonably take a train or a bus instead of a plane or car, you should do so.
minus-squaredesktop_userlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 months agoinstructions unclear: purchased a bus and am now using it to commute to work instead of an f-150
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoAnd yet, here we are using this metric to discuss how to use less oil. How is this supposed to benefit them?
minus-squareEndHD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agowhat term can I use to put the blame back on them?
minus-squarepeg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoThere’s no denying that you’re part of the problem though. You’re not of the hook just because someone’s worse than you.
Carbon footprint is a term that was made up by oil companies to shift blame from them to us.
Doesn’t change the fact that some forms of travel are objectively worse for the environment than others. If you can reasonably take a train or a bus instead of a plane or car, you should do so.
instructions unclear: purchased a bus and am now using it to commute to work instead of an f-150
And yet, here we are using this metric to discuss how to use less oil. How is this supposed to benefit them?
what term can I use to put the blame back on them?
There’s no denying that you’re part of the problem though. You’re not of the hook just because someone’s worse than you.