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by maze-le 2568 days ago
No you are not. Issues that are bigger for one human/group to tackle effectively are the reason we have invented political processes and systems in the first place (laws, governance, taxes, regulations). We should use the tools we have, and not offload the task of confronting climate change to the individual. The individual is not suited for this task, as there are too many of them, that will do absolutely nothing unless forced to.

That doesn't mean that a single human can't change anything. Every single action, that reduces CO2 emissions (or sequesters already emitted CO2) is a step forward. But it will be too little, too late and the only effective course of action would be legislative in nature.