[hedora]

One simple improvement would be labeling all consumer goods with their embodied carbon.

More ambitiously, the government could tax embodied carbon at the current price of atmospheric carbon capture.

[goodpoint]

Environmental impact is way more complex than carbon emission. Stop focusing on carbon emissions.

[danans]

GHG emissions are the single biggest driver of climate change, which is the most significant environmental impact we are facing.

Steps taken to reduce GHG emissions (reducing fossil fuel use) also reduce other pollutants like local particulate pollution.