Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal
Archived version: https://archive.ph/n97OR
Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal
Archived version: https://archive.ph/n97OR
Well yes, and we millions buy from them.
We need to do both: us individually turning away from their products AND regulate them into changing/closing.
It’s easier to change 57 companies than it is to change 8 billion people.
it’s a bit of a circular reference though, right?
Yeah those 57 cause 80% of CO2… but it’s because they’re gas/oil/coal companies and most of our houses and cars run off those. So we DO need to also change the end user.
The end user doesn’t care if their house is warmed by a gas furnace or an electric heat pump, so long as their house is warm and it’s affordable.
Those 57 companies are the ones that don’t want to change and they lobby, bribe, lie, cheat and steal to keep their hold on the market.
Those 57 companies are both the root cause of the problem and the easiest thing to change.
You can’t magically change heating source for the whole affected households though. And the end user will definitely care in case of retrofit with the impact of the changeS needed. Plus costs unless you also magically address that but electricity is still very expensive.