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by jstx1 1599 days ago
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> The use of household carbon footprint calculators originated when oil producer BP hired Ogilvy to create an "effective propaganda" campaign to shift responsibility of climate change-causing pollution away from the corporations and institutions that created a society where carbon emissions are unavoidable and onto personal lifestyle choices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint

Kurzgesagt also provided a very good view on this that I agree with - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc - "Can YOU Fix Climate Change?" (No*). The video explains it much better than I could in a comment but if you're concerned about your own contribution, you're focusing on the wrong thing.