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What do you mean "personal carbon footprint" was a red herring pushed by BP to direct attention away from systemic policy solutions?? (lemmy.world)

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Systemic? You mean corporations, specific nameable corporations, not some amorphous system.

[–] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

yes, specific corporations need to change, but they will not change until they are forced to by the system

[–] grue@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not necessarily. I, for one, mostly (i.e. at least a little bit >50%) blame the deliberately-low-density zoning code and early FHA policy (e.g. redlining and deliberately recommending car-centric development patterns).

Did Standard Oil and General Motors have a huge influence? Sure, but they didn't literally pass the laws.