Remember too that it's consumers driving the majority of those companies emissions thru their purchases.
Spend wisely is the overall message.
Stop supporting the worst actors out there.
The blame game is a distraction.
We all play a part.
No one can do everything but everyone can do something.
There's only so much individuals can do. If there's no public transit in your area, or you're poor, and live in a food desert, sometimes driving is the only possibility.
Capitalism is the main cause and is unlikely to ever come up with an effective solution
@MikeDunnAuthor @504DR hence the "no one can do everything". We do *what we can*, and for some people that still includes using a car and eating meat etc etc. That's why it's important that those of us who can do more do it, to make up for those that can't.
And yes, capitalism is the main cause, and capitalism can't fix it, but we also can't fix it by continuing to give all of our money to the corporations doing the most damage.
I -would- give my list of what consumers could do to help, but some of them are illegal. And the rest -will- be, eventually.
@MikeDunnAuthor The "100 corporations are responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emissions" is only true if you attribute the tailpipe emissions from an SUV to the company that produced the fuel rather than the person who bought it
That's a useful lens, and systematic change is critical, but it is absolutely wrong to interpret this statistic as meaning that consumer actions are incapable of changing the majority of greenhouse gas emissions
The stat comes from this PDF
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