From the article:
Furthermore, this article argues against the common tendency to regard all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as the result of production for household consumption, an assumption that tends to focus blame for climate change on the moral failings of individuals. In reality, consumer choices are not the driving factor in the growth of GHG emissions, GHG emissions are not reducible to the carbon footprint of consumption goods, and proposed solutions to climate change that focus on changes to household consumption habits can have little effect on the overall growth of GHG emissions. In the end, this flawed way of thinking is merely a form of victim-blaming, in which individuals are made to feel guilty for massively destructive social forces far beyond the control of individual decision-making, all in order to take the focus away from any substantive social movement aimed at replacing the capitalist mode of production with a more sustainable and rational society.
Tbf on the electric boiler, it’s probably better to have that than a gas boiler, in terms of CO2 emissions. It depends on how clean the local grid is. The incandescents make no sense though - LEDs are so much better. Even if you don’t care about using less energy for environmental reasons, upgrading the lights would save enough money in energy costs to pay back pretty quickly