[epistasis]

Many big impacts are controlled at the local level: infill development, for example, is one of the best ways for the Bay Area to reduce its emissions. Statewide, 41% of California emissions come from transportation, more than any other source.

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/06/climate-chan...

That is only going to change through local action, which means going to city council and planning meetings and being willing to be yelled at and lied about by those who oppose all new housing.

So it's not enough just to go alone, you need to find local friends, get them to go too, and to make sure that this viewpoint is represented in these highly undemocratic forums in which local decisions are made.

[mempko]

Reducing emissions isn't enough. ZERO emissions isn't enough.

[epistasis]

Absolutely agreed. IMHO the only way we avoid the worst calamity is with a good 33% of our energy going to active sequestration of oceanic and atmospheric carbon after 2050. And I think the best way to get there is to have solar and wind and storage technology continue to beat the best predictions possible.

But we also need to change the local as much as possible. Every single ton of CO2 we can avoid now is one less that we'll have to pull out later.

[mempko]

Yes agreed. People don't realize the magnitude at which we need to change our whole world to get there and how urgent we need to start that change.

It seems that efficiency isn't enough because people will just use up more energy. Growth and how we think about the economy is incompatible with what needs to be done.