Edit: I wanted to apologize after reading some of the comments. You raise some legitimate points, I realize that there is a subtle malthusian element to this chart and some of you feel like a burden already. Furthermore, you raise a good point about corporate pollution, oil companies, and how their footprint is much greater than average plebs like us.
That’s 100% valid and I don’t disagree with you at all. My “compromise” I guess would be that continue to apply pressure and protest against large corporations, but in terms of ourselves, just pick a few things you can cut down on yourself, it does not have to be everything on this list.
For example, I really prefer having animal products in my diet, but I am willing to live in a small apartment , car-free, and not go on vacation much in my adulthood. In the same way, you guys can pick what you are comfortable with in reducing and what you do not want to compromise on.
All of us have different standards of living and we are flexible on some things, and some things we are not flexible. That is alright, just consider changing what you are comfortable with, but please do not think you are a burden. Your presence and your life is valuable to me. I don’t like to demoralize people.
And these companies are just emitting for fun right
Frequently, yes. They skirt regulations and don’t give a fuck and there’s not enough oversight. Or they say they are carbon neutral but actually its because of offsets.
Of course it’s not for fun. It’s for something more important than anything else - their bottom line.
Worse, they are doing it because it’s profitable and they will continue to do so as long as it remains profitable. And guess what, it will never not be profitable to pollute no matter how much personal responsibility you want to blame.