Sad. Trying my best to live eco-consciously (low meat, anti-consumption, etc), but feels like I should just give up.
Nobody around me seems to give the damnest.
Nobody around me seems to give the damnest.
Things that actually affect climate change come from policy, not individual action.
And that policy should actually target meaningful things, not making flights more expensive or even worse, limiting farming, like some countries are doing, while still using coal in the power grid.
Unfortunately many politicians just target the most visible thing, making people's life more inconvenient while there are actually better ways to stop climate change without affecting citizens daily life.
I can see changes and small impacts of my actions.
But then I think about stuff like the gas pipe that was blown off in northern europe's seas one year ago and it put so much methane every second to offset any positive impact I can have.
I swear climate thing is depressing, you feel like you have much less impact than on national elections with one vote.
And that's why you don't shape your life around it.
Your actions aren't going to change anything meaningful, oh you traveled by train instead of an airplane? Guess what? it's flying anyway, you just took the longer route for no reason. And so on and so fourth.
I'm not a climate denialist, I just know that making my life inconvenient isn't going to help.
I'm wealthy enough I will probably be fine and now that I know it's "the corporations" at fault, I bought a Subaru Forester and ramped up to make about 6 international trips by plane on vacation. It's pretty fun, actually.
I've recently considered blaming "the corporations" for other things as well. My mother asked me the other day why I'm not married yet, and I considered it but didn't do it. Next time, though, I will have saved us from an argument.
If it's making you sad, you should also try this thing.