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[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

These sound like good initiatives. I'm not sure it'll be enough, though. The planes for regardless. And public transport is still getting worse – often, driving isn't a choice.

Due to shrinkflation, too, for example, the contents of products have reduced by 10–50% over the last year but the packaging is more or less the same size. So the carbon footprint of consumables is higher than it was, and when it was less it was still higher than it needed to be. The manufacturers simply do not gaf and will undermine any local or individual efforts unless pressure is put on them.

We need to focus our attention, collectively, on the production side of the equation if we want to save the planet in time.