• Today@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Carbon footprint is a term that was made up by oil companies to shift blame from them to us.

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      6 months ago

      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.

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      6 months ago

      And yet, here we are using this metric to discuss how to use less oil. How is this supposed to benefit them?

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      6 months ago

      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.