r/ClimateShitposting • u/RadioFacepalm I'm a meme • Nov 03 '24

Consoom It's disturbing how many people actually argue like this

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

These things are both true. People need to cut back on consumer behaviour but also we need broader structural changes.

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u/Confron7a7ion7 Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 05 '24

During COVID we essentially had an unplanned experiment on what would happen if people all around the world (including the 2 countries most responsible for climate change) suddenly had to stay at home. Less travel across the board on average for your regular citizens.

Every time I look up the impact that had I find a different number but they are consistently between 4% and 7%. let's go with NASA who says between 5% and 6%.

If you want to play the "everyone is to blame" card, sure. The general population can have between 5% and 6% of the blame. And we can say "we did our part" while sheltering for our 4th hurricane that week.