• ikt
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    4 days ago

    Tldr: if 99% of the pollution is being done by 0.1% of the people, then even removing 99% of the population won’t have much effect.

    99% of the pollution isn’t being done by the 0.1% though, I think that was a silly article that was like: all the pollution from cars comes from oil which is refined by this company but is dug out the ground by this oil extraction company, therefore all the pollution is actually done by the oil extraction company! … I don’t buy it tbh

    For me it’s silly thinking there will be some bird flu or asteroid impact, the reality is this:

    Get yourself some solar panels, a solar battery, a heat pump for your hot water and an EV (if you have a petrol car and need one) + vote for political parties that are pushing for more renewables to be installed and you’ve done 99% of what you need to do, it’s that simple

    Energy for heating/cooling and road transport are the biggest and easiest for the average person to tackle and can make the biggest dent in co2 emissions