• @Today@lemmy.world
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    731 month ago

    Carbon footprint is a term that was made up by oil companies to shift blame from them to us.

    • @ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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      381 month ago

      Doesn’t change the fact that some forms of travel are objectively worse for the environment than others. If you can reasonably take a train or a bus instead of a plane or car, you should do so.

    • @nofob@lemmy.today
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      121 month ago

      Oil companies sell oil and manipulate national policy to promote its use. Consumers buy it and support policy to promote its use. There’s at least a bit of room for personal responsibility there.

    • @howrar@lemmy.ca
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      111 month ago

      And yet, here we are using this metric to discuss how to use less oil. How is this supposed to benefit them?

    • @peg@lemmy.world
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      31 month ago

      There’s no denying that you’re part of the problem though. You’re not of the hook just because someone’s worse than you.