Remember that industry exists primarily for the consumption habits of end users.
They aren’t polluting just for the love of the game, they are doing it to power your devices or make the energy to produce the cheap tat you buy off Amazon.
Not for the consumption of end user. If they can get their money without end user they will totally drop everyone. They are totally doing it for greed, they are doing it for the game. Do you think they(rich/industry) will stop polluting if you bike everywhere and stop buying stuff?
Yet at the same time, there are people who cannot afford actually good products, are forced to buy fresh due to planned obsolescence or simply ate unable to buy anything environmentally friendly because there are no products that is/does that. Companies themselves could easily produce more environmentally friendly products, yet don’t because it’s cheaper and thus better for the profit margins.
The fault and responsibility lies at least as much with companies as it does with consumers/customers, if not more.
The ability to recognize that the responsibility is no single person or entities is a highly important part of fighting climate change. I’m convinced that corporations are running a couple simulatious campaigns; one that tells consumers their choices are ultra important and one that says it’s only companies choices that are important so that the 2 sides fight eachother and get less done…
But in the end, both consumers and corporations need to change habits.
Remember that industry exists primarily for the consumption habits of end users.
They aren’t polluting just for the love of the game, they are doing it to power your devices or make the energy to produce the cheap tat you buy off Amazon.
The bike, too, has been produced in a factory.
But we can reduce consumption, and production a bike causes significantly less pollution that production of a car.
Facts.
Not for the consumption of end user. If they can get their money without end user they will totally drop everyone. They are totally doing it for greed, they are doing it for the game. Do you think they(rich/industry) will stop polluting if you bike everywhere and stop buying stuff?
If everyone starts to use a bike, they will produce less petrol.
If you buy less plastic tat you don’t need, those factories will shut down or produce something better, and they will produce less plastic.
Yet at the same time, there are people who cannot afford actually good products, are forced to buy fresh due to planned obsolescence or simply ate unable to buy anything environmentally friendly because there are no products that is/does that. Companies themselves could easily produce more environmentally friendly products, yet don’t because it’s cheaper and thus better for the profit margins.
The fault and responsibility lies at least as much with companies as it does with consumers/customers, if not more.
The ability to recognize that the responsibility is no single person or entities is a highly important part of fighting climate change. I’m convinced that corporations are running a couple simulatious campaigns; one that tells consumers their choices are ultra important and one that says it’s only companies choices that are important so that the 2 sides fight eachother and get less done…
But in the end, both consumers and corporations need to change habits.