Can you imagine what would happen if you... stopped buying those products that those companies are selling that are responsible for the emissions? Nah, that's crazy talk.
Nothing is ever anybody’s fault and nobody has any agency and if we just get rid of the top 100 polluting companies that wont impact our lives in any way and nobody will get mad about it
Please remember that the corporations are polluting to provide services to the populace at large. You might as well accuse your pizza delivery driver for polluting after he gives you your order.
I mean, in a city it shows up on a bike or scooter. I think Amazon is a better example. They provide a great service that is nothing but fast delivery and wasteful packing because that’s what we want. My answer is that it should be regulated and taxed to show the real cost this convenience has on the world. Another instance is single use utensils. They should not be so cheap to produce that they are being practically thrown away with takeout. Major polluting items need to be artificially made more expensive so that culturally it makes sense to carry our own for or chopsticks with us. That’s what regulation is for, creating parameters that companies need to work within, because their motivations are to give us what we want as cheaply as possible to gain market share
Let’s start on pushing for thermally neutral building materials and reducing food waste. If buildings weren’t concrete heat sinks it wouldn’t take so much energy to keep them cool and food waste is a large contributor to pollution and spreads disease.
Thing is, it’s not like consumers choose to use plastic packaging. It’s not like we choose to release forever chemicals into the water supply instead of dealing with them responsibly.
I mean… I’ll contribute and do my part because I do care, and that’s the type of person I am, but we do need regulation in place for the top contributors to global warming and pollution, which are corporations and celebrities.
Plus, it’s bullshit to say that you should take a bus or train or bike or whatever instead of a car when you have disgusting car-centric infrastructure that forces you to drive.
I’d be happy to switch to a smart thermostat if they weren’t all so privacy-invading. Nest, the most popular one, is owned by Google, and there’s no Google in my home. I’m completely deGoogled and will keep it that way.
I live in a city where the train passes once every 55 minutes, and the bus has a very high chance of skipping runs and feel like its going to dismantle with a breath of air.
Finger pointing at corporations while doing nothing may not be as bad as corps finger pointing at us while doing nothing. But it’s still bad.
Everyone needs to make an effort on this.
Hoping corporations will somehow grow a conscience isn’t accomplishing anything.
Imagine if nearly everyone was using public transit instead of voting out politicians because gas prices got a little too high. That might make the corps think there was more money in green energy than drilling up more oil.
Corporations are not going to fix the problem out of the goodness of their hearts no matter how much people whine about it. It’s only going to happen when voters (and consumers) demand it.
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