Re:A 3°C world has no safe place
by jdavis703 on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:00PM
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Most of the companies on the various “top polluters” lists are energy companies. We can direct our money away from them by walking, biking, transiting or buying an EV.
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... but also shipping goods, right? The 3000 mile caesar salad, spread-out global supply chains, etc?
Yes, green transportation (or just less) is good. But if I sit at home and order goods to be delivered to me, it's actually quite difficult to pick which have the smallest footprints.
A lot of energy goes into manufacturing products such as steel, plastic, aluminum, servers etc.
The energy sources for these items are at the discretion of the large buyers. A steel plant can absolutely make the switch from coal to solar/wind at its own discretion.