"I’m hearing too much “recycle, compost, go vegan!” and not enough “100 corporations cause 71% of emissions”"
@syndikalista
these 100 corporations probably produce 71% of the things that we buy every day, so I don't really see the point.
@maltimore @syndikalista
Not quite. The claim is explained here:
and these are fossil fuel companies.
But your point is valid, in the sense that the consequence is "don't buy their products"
Which broadly means: don't drive, don't fly, don't buy plastics or synthetics; make sure your electricity and home heating is not from fossil fuels.
@wim_v12e @maltimore @syndikalista And 'Recycle, compost, go vegan' dint's their market in substantial ways (if everyone was doing it)
@LovesTha @wim_v12e @maltimore @syndikalista Less than we'd like though. Plastics mfgs in the States used recycling to sell more plastics (https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled) and veganism is already co-opted as a lifestyle brand here in the West (see eg Whole Foods, Lush Cosmetics, etc). Buying fewer things is still the best way to buy fewer things.
@dried @wim_v12e @maltimore @syndikalista Yeah, I was thinking more of home based versions of all those :)
@dried @wim_v12e @maltimore @syndikalista But people do tend to use "reuse" instead of "recycle" for the home version
@LovesTha @wim_v12e @maltimore @syndikalista (which is not to say stop doing those things, just that they alone won't fix things, per OP)