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Re:Given the State of the World, Is It Irresponsible to Have... by cgrealy on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:35PM (#21087603)
It's the single biggest change the average individual can have.

Climate change isn't going to be solved by lots of individual actions. The whole planet could go vegan overnight and we're still doomed.

If we're going to have any meaningful impact on climate change, we need to deal with it on a total war footing.

But that's not going to happen.

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Re:Given the State of the World, Is It Irresponsible to Have... by bryanlarsen on Friday September 27, 2019 @07:25AM (#21090660)
It's quite possible to go carbon-negative, assuming you're well off. A family of 4 being carbon-negative is going to do more for climate change than a carbon-positive family of 2.
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