Re:'Devastating' melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found
by pleb_nz on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:38PM
(#35659752)
You don't have to eliminate and not do you have to do it all in a single step. Everyone is different and in different situations. Just start doing where you can as best you can. Stop consumerism for the hell of it if you can. Stop following fashion trends and wear clothing until it falls from your body. Don't replace your 5ech equipment because it doesn't have the latest feature etc etc. The statement wasn't meant to be taken so literally and fully.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:'Devastating' melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found
by tiedieconderoga on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:47PM
(#35659856)
You're right, and funnily enough, that's the same sort of advice that the article's author got. Start slow, focus on avoiding single-use waste, you can't do it all at once.
But plastics are just one small part of the problem. Production of energy, metals, wood, food, etc. Disposal of the toxic byproducts. Nothing we do at a large scale is clean or sustainable, and there's almost no accountability for any of it. Individuals don't have the ability to meaningfully influence all of that, outside of large-scale political action.