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Denial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it's not? (theconversation.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/climate
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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I really hate that "we" in the title and article. Solidarity! "We're all in this together!" Except we're not.

Study after study had proven that giant corporations and the richest-of-the-rich 1% account for the vast *majority of global emissions and negative environmental impact. Yet they're not changing, certainly not enough. So I will use paper straws, be conscious of waste, reduce/reuse/recycle etc, but comparatively it will mean almost nothing...

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree with the principle of what you're saying, but you do have to consider what it is that makes them produce all the emissions and detriments to our environment. The products we're buying. They aren't just generating waste for the pride of it, it's shipping and creating the products we're buying every day. Your straws might not directly be causing a major problem, but the creation and shipment of millions of straws does.

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Or instead of waiting for a bunch of singular entities to correctly want the correct straws we could just stop the straws, but somehow the simpler solution is infinitely harder than the former.