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You have your heart in the right place.

It's also so much more complicated. For instance I took 2 flights last year, but ordered hundreds of goods, all coming from a lot of places around the world, including some by plane that were needed within days.

Same for food, same for so many other daily actions that have impact beyond my immediate sphere and I have no idea how or why.

People ought to make an effort to not go overboard, but the generic "the gov should deal with balancing it" is I think a pretty valid answer. Individuals trying to manage their own CO2 is just impossible when we have no idea what each corporations involved are doing behind on their side.



Right. The whole "carbon footprint" idea was invented by big oil to shift the blame on consumers.


Putting a proper cost on carbon would go a long way




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