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I’m terrified for my kiddo. We’ve done all we can over the past 10 years. Went plant based, got our winter heating off oil, ride electric bikes, all my lawn tools are electric, bought an EV. I’m running out of ideas.
Spoiler alert: your individual choices don't matter. Drastic and sweeping changes need to be made at the corporate/supply chain level if we have any hope of surviving this.
So... We're fucked.
Every bit helps. I can’t tell others to make changes if I don’t do it myself.
Sure you can. We don’t need to be martyrs to demand system-wide change
I’ve done this for 3 decades…. Shit has only got worse
This is way beyond being fixed at individual levels
Compared to the amount of emissions China is putting out you can't really make a difference with those changes.
You may find this article helpful in why it still matters:
https://open.substack.com/pub/hannahritchie/p/small-emitters
Individual actions, while inconsequential, can help signal the market ( eg demand for ev infrastructure) and can add up when combined with federal regulations.
For the sake of my kid I’m willing to do anything.