And by you, I mean you. As this BlueSky thread explains well, climate change is about large polluters. The idea that your choices are the key to ending climate change is a narrative expertly created by large polluters and activists who fundraise off climate change. The most important thing - right now - that we need to do in the US is to upgrade our power grid, not tell people not to buy books or really any other thing. Sure, you should reduce your carbon footprint as much as YOU feel comfortable doing so. I drive a hybrid and paid more to do to so up front, and now I'm benefitting from lower gas expenses. Plus, less carbon.
As long as we say that personal consumption is the only cure for climate change, we let the big industrial polluters off the hook, we increase resistance for doing anything about climate and we increase climate doomerism.
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