[giantg2]

No, not directly.

In general, I just try to avoid waste and over-consumption. I think that an obsessive focus on carbon is missing the rest of the system and the rest of our impacts. I think the primary driver for most of our negative impacts is consumption and population growth, specifically excessive and irresponsible consumption. That covers carbon emissions (agriculture is a huge producer), over-fishing, over-abundance of disposable products that done recycle, littering, etc.

The solar panels you mention are a great example, they seem to address carbon footprint, but there's still substantial output during the manufacturing process and they'll just end up in a landfill a couple decades later. So sure, better on the carbon front, but technically non-renewable (hardware).