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by sdoering 389 days ago
Funny, I actually care. But I try to direct my care towards the real culprits.

So about 50% of CO2 emissions in Germany come from 20 sources. The campaigns like personal footprint (invented by BP) are there to shift the blame to consumers. Away from those with the biggest impact and the most options for action.

So yes, I f**ng don’t care if a security researcher leaves his microwave equivalent running for a few minutes. But I care, campaign in the bigger sense and also orient my own consumption wherever possible towards cleaner options.

Full well knowing that even as mostly being reasonable in my consumption, I definitely belong to those 5-10% of earth's population who drive the problem. Because more than half of the population in the so called first world live according to the Paris Climate Agreement. And it’s not the upper half of.