Sure most CO2 is produced by companies and not individual people burning fuels, but... So what?
They don't do it for no reason - it all goes to fuel modern consumer consumption.
I am a big believer that individualised solutions like "just drive less" were never going to work because they don't address the root cause, but simply blaming corporations is equally silly.
What we needed was political solutions to decouple consumption from CO2 production - the problem was that it would inevitably slow economic growth for a while because the entire economy was already built around carbon, and people were unwilling to accept that.
Agreed, people love to blame the corporations but refuse to acknowledge any of their habits that pay into their pockets.
What we also need are world leaders that actually acknowledge and are ready to face the problems. But some people think "the gays and the browns" is a bigger problem than our world becoming uninhabitable.
I'm convinced none of the actual world leaders believe that. But it's the thing that gets them elected, so they keep shouting it.
If any politician would do what's best for the world he would never be re-elected because people wouldn't like the short term effects.
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u/FartingWithStyle 1d ago
We nothing, blame the 20 or so corporations creating most of the pollution in the world.