contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide to the carbon footprint of major travel methodsi.redd.itimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1219arrow-down1imageA cool guide to the carbon footprint of major travel methodsi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareToday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down6·4 months agoCarbon footprint is a term that was made up by oil companies to shift blame from them to us.
minus-squarenofob@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 months agoOil companies sell oil and manipulate national policy to promote its use. Consumers buy it and support policy to promote its use. There’s at least a bit of room for personal responsibility there.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoAnd yet, here we are using this metric to discuss how to use less oil. How is this supposed to benefit them?
minus-squareEndHD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agowhat term can I use to put the blame back on them?
minus-squarepeg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoThere’s no denying that you’re part of the problem though. You’re not of the hook just because someone’s worse than you.
Carbon footprint is a term that was made up by oil companies to shift blame from them to us.
Oil companies sell oil and manipulate national policy to promote its use. Consumers buy it and support policy to promote its use. There’s at least a bit of room for personal responsibility there.
And yet, here we are using this metric to discuss how to use less oil. How is this supposed to benefit them?
what term can I use to put the blame back on them?
There’s no denying that you’re part of the problem though. You’re not of the hook just because someone’s worse than you.