"In addition, there is not a lot that an individual can do that will dramatically affect his carbon footprint. Neighborhoods don't magically become walkable or bikeable. Businesses don't magically implement work-from-home because a low-level employee wills it (see: Yahoo).
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I don't buy that, that attitude I largely why we're in this situation.
It's the individuals which make up the whole, if each individual did something, then the whole would be better off.
Re:May is Earth's hottest on record
by umanwizard on Saturday June 18, 2016 @03:30PM
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What do you mean you don't buy it? Parent post is saying that's what the problem is. You seem to agree that it's the cause of our problems, then saying "I don't buy that".
Re:May is Earth's hottest on record
by marcstreeter on Saturday June 18, 2016 @04:51PM
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Not disagreeing on anything, just clarifying that the power plant may or may not produce carbon.
So, for example, electric cars are incredibly useful even if they have the same carbon footprint as combustion cars simply because they move the pollution source to a single point (the power plant).
In addition, there is not a lot that an individual can do that will dramatically affect his carbon footprint. Neighborhoods don't magically become walkable or bikeable. Businesses don't magically implement work-from-home because a low-level employee wills it (see: Yahoo).
Most carbon reducing solutions require buy-in from a group of people, and that takes forever, if you can get them to agree at all.