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Re:Climate Change is real and you can prevent it. Be the change by Slimbo on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:10AM (#20382028)
I disagree. They're both essential and individuals doing nothing and insisting that political/government intervention is the only solution isn't going to get anywhere.

Corporations and governments will take notice when individuals change behavior, if you stop buying products that contain lots of single use plastics, companies will stop making them. If you divest our pension and savings from any company with an interest in fossil fuels, they will notice and change. If you half your meat consumption and eliminate beef, it will be noticed and a change will happen.

There is massive power in consumer action, particularly for those of us in countries that are really the problem (the rich ones).

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Re:Climate Change is real and you can prevent it. Be the change by hnhg on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:08AM (#20382375)
It's not the only solution but it's the best one. I'm not abrogating responsibility, but actually saying that if we all put the same effort into cohesive non-partisan political action, we'd get a lot more achieved in a shorter amount of time. I can stop taking flights but what about pressing govts to stop jet fuel tax subsidies, halting airport expansion plans, removing tax incentives for business travel by air and increasing funding for zero/low emission alternatives?
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